Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

Jumping straight into the geopolitical fray, the words of the U.S.-born pontiff are meant to single out Vladimir Putin — a ...

The first post on the "Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex" account on X was released May 14 and was a quote from his inaugural greeting ...

It wasn’t just the world watching and waiting to see who would be elected as the new pope; the faithful worshippers at Christ ...

Discover the reaction of Arkansas Catholics to the historic appointment of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope in the ...

He added that he had named himself after Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903), in recognition of his pioneering social teaching, and ...

ROME (OSV News) — As the Catholic Church welcomed its 267th pope, Leo XIV — elected May 8 — attention quickly turned to the ...

With this choice, the name Leo now ties with Clement as the fourth most used papal name. While names like John, Gregory, and ...

The following is the full text of the address given by Pope Leo XIV to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See May 16 ...

"May he help end wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, and prevent conflict between India and Pakistan," Ecumenical Patriarch ...

Pope Leo XIV recently addressed the diplomatic corps of the Holy See. During this address, he reaffirmed the catholic ...