The Vatican Museums have unveiled its newly restored Hall of Constantine, one of its Raphael Rooms, including two newly ...

After a decade-long cleaning and restoration, the Vatican Museums recently unveiled the "last and most important" room in the ...

Together, they watched on TV as the election of the first U.S.-born pope was announced ... had a vibrant religious community and a religiously diverse one, said Eric Gregory, a professor of religion ...

Posted: May 19, 2025 | Last updated: May 19, 2025 The White House said JD Vance 'passed along a letter' from Donald Trump inviting the Pope to visit him. It's unclear whether or not the Pope accepted.

The first official portrait of Pope Leo XIV was released on Friday. Vatican News shared the portrait on Facebook, and in just three hours, the post was shared over 4,700 times and liked 1,200 times.

We now have an American pope in Robert Francis Prevost (“Chicago pope,” May 9). Prevost hails from the South Side of Chicago, choosing the name Leo XIV for his pontificate.

Friends of the first American Pope, Leo XIV, were surprised and overjoyed by his election last week. But they also saw the moment as an opportunity for fresh leadership for the church under a new ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to ...

He’s never been pope before,” Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., told reporters at a news conference Friday.

Tobin, DiNardo, Gregory, Cupich, and Dolan all encouraged journalists to let Leo grow into the office of pope, watching what he does and says in this new role before casting judgment.

The pope's aforementioned brother, John Prevost, served as principal for several years at St. Gabriel Catholic School, at 4500 S. Wallace St. in the Canaryville neighborhood.

This live blog has ended— follow the latest updates here. The conclave chose American-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to be the next pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Leo is the first ...