It has long been an unwritten rule of the Catholic Church that no citizen of a world superpower can be pope. The informal ...

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to the Vatican to attend Sunday’s inaugural mass of ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace ...

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

The new pope, speaking to thousands in St. Peter’s Square, echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed.

The leader of the Diocese of Palm Beach hailed the choice of American-born Pope Leo XIV as Pope Francis' successor.

The 69-year-old Chicago native, known for being reserved and private, brings a different style to the papacy compared to his ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

An invitation has already been extended to Pope Leo XIV to attend this year’s COP30 U.N. climate conference in Brazil.

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role ...

Pope Leo's inauguration ceremony will offer yet another opportunity for U.S. and Ukrainian leaders to negotiate peace.