VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace ...

In addition to being a natural-born American citizen, Pope Leo XIV is also a naturalized citizen of Peru, having ministered there for decades.

Bill Maher’s joke about Pope Leo XIV’s first prayer referenced VP JD Vance’s meeting with Pope Francis, who died just hours later ...

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

Pope Leo XIV shared his first message on the official papal social media accounts this week, continuing the digital outreach ...

Pope Leo XIV has broken the seal on the papal apartments, marking one of his first major symbolic moments as pontiff ...

The announcement of Pope Leo XIV as the new pope was cause for celebration among Catholics around the world. For a group of ...

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

Long Islanders were among those who packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when Pope Leo was elected the first American ...

The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, elected in a 24-hour conclave last week, called for journalists to use words for ...

Hours after being named the 267th leader of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV gave his first public speech on May 8, and many thought it was a subtle jab at President Donald Trump. During his ...