Pope Leo XIV says he chose his papal name as a nod to the Catholic Church's last Leo, who stood as a source of stability and guidance during the industrial revolution.

As Pope Leo XIV laid out his vision for the papacy in an address to the College of Cardinals, he also explained why he picked ...

In an address earlier on Saturday, Leo XIV said the Catholic Church must take the lead in facing emerging threats to workers, ...

Pope Leo XIV has visited a shrine to the Virgin Mary run by the Augustinian religious order in the Italian town of Genazzano ...

ROME - The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

In downtown Syracuse, a noontime mass was held at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to pray for the new Pope.

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — Walkiria Garcia was 14 years old when she made her confirmation in the Catholic Church, an already ...

The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV condemned Russia's war against Ukraine in an interview on May 9, characterizing it as a "a ...

Former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) responded to the Vatican announcement naming American Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new Pope.The vocal Trump critic wrote on X: "In an era that looke ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church's 267th pope had special meaning for a group of students at an international Catholic school in Rome.