Pope Leo XIV will officially inaugurate his papacy with Mass in St. Peter’s Square May 18.

Men wave a U.S. flag as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, appears on the central ...

Msgr. W. Ronald Jameson, the rector of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., gives his homily during ...

Daniels told OSV News that in his first words as pope, Leo XIV echoed the voice of Francis and the Gospel itself: “God loves ...

Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary ...

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, retired archbishop of Galveston-Houston, told the reporters that while the cardinals chose a pope who is a U.S. citizen, “he’s really a citizen of the entire world since he ...

The following are key dates in the life and ministry of Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, 2025, as the 266th successor to St.

Students at The Catholic University of America react to the announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV, formerly ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily while celebrating his first Mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him in the Sistine ...

A man holding a rosary and U.S. flag reacts as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, ...

“Peace be with you,” were Pope Leo’s first words to the crowd. “My dear brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of ...

Once elected, the new pope remains in Rome (the late Pope Francis never again visited his native Argentina after his ...