President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong also wrote to the new pope to congratulate him.

The new pontiff, who was chosen as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday (May 8), has travelled extensively in Asia where ...

The new pontiff, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected on Thursday as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, ...

The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of ...

He calls for a ceasefire in Gaza and welcomes a pause in fighting between India and Pakistan. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pope Leo XIV says Catholic Church must illuminate 'dark nights of this world' in first Mass - Friday’s service comes a day ...

After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...