Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Pope Leo XIV's formal inauguration Mass to mark his appointment will occur on Sunday, May 18 at St. Peter's Square, Reuters ...

Leo will be formally installed as pope at a Mass on May 18, the Vatican said Friday, and will preside over his first general ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

In a stunning decision, the Catholic College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the U.S., leading to ...

Catholics in metro Detroit are praising the first American to be pope, who once lived in Michigan, saying he will continue Pope Francis' legacy of caring for marginalized communities. Some also hope ...

Pope Leo XIV in his first public homily as pontiff,  issued a stark warning against a rising global loss of faith, urging the ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from the United States has been elected as the new pope, becoming the first American-born leader of the Catholic Church. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV and is the ...

Leo is a member and former leader of the Augustinian Order within the Catholic Church. Similarly, Pope Francis I was a member ...