Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace ...

A week into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has affirmed the Catholic Church’s teachings about the sanctity of human life and ...

The archbishop, ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Philadelphia and veteran of the Church’s diplomatic corps, recalls ...

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

The new pope will have to get up to speed on international issues facing the world. Everyone is watching to see if he is up ...

“The pope is not your friend. He is not going to sit down and have a beer with you,” he says. “If you think the pope is your ...

As a missionary and bishop in Peru, the future Pope Leo came face-to-face with one of the most serious and far-reaching ...

Pope Leo XIV persuaded the Arizona clergyman to return from his retirement as urgent appointments were being made earlier ...

One Erie bishop met the new pope almost a decade ago in Rome. Another bishop with local ties is going to Pope Leo XIV's ...

I don’t think he is going to go, pull the church hard left,” Prevost also said. “I think he’s going to be down the middle.” ...

Pope Leo XIV held his inaugural mass May 18 in Vatican City, making history as first American-born pope. His brother lives in ...