Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

By RUSS BYNUM Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV's dual role raises questions about US citizenship. Experts suggest his citizenship is safe unless he renounces ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the ...

In his first United States episcopal appointment, Pope Leo XIV named Michael Pham bishop of San Diego on Thursday (May 22).

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

ROME — There’s a sense of irony, many observers have noted recently, that the election of Pope Leo XIV as the first pope from ...

Pope Leo XIV had an initial one-word response when asked by a reporter on Monday if he had a message for his native United ...

An unexpected gesture surprised Pope Leo during a meeting with the faithful. The protagonist of the scene was a devotee who, ...

Pope Leo XIV met with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio a day after formally taking his role as ...

Pope Leo XIV officially assumed the papacy in 2025, succeeding the late Pope Francis after an inauguration Mass held on May 8 ...