Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement is expected to be a May 10 meeting with cardinals. He'll then have midday ...

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals who elected him that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second ...

Pope Leo is the first American pontiff of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo XIV said Saturday that he selected his name in part ...

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.

In a meeting with the College of Cardinals Saturday, two days after his election to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV explained that ...

I almost passed out twice – twice – because to be living next to the pope, that’s real serious,” Kareem Davis told WBBM ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV. The first pope from the United States also holds Peruvian citizenship, but will represent the global Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV made history on Thursday when he became the first U.S.-born, and the first Augustinian, to assume the papacy, ...

The heraldic design of Leo’s papal coat of arms features a fleur-de-lis on a blue background, symbolizing the Virgin Mary, ...

The LGBTQ+ community anticipates whether Pope Leo XIV will follow in Pope Francis' inclusive steps regarding their acceptance ...