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

Image Courtesy of Patrick D. Lewis By Anthony Curioso and Patrick D. Lewis Upon the May 8 announcement that the College of Cardinals had elected Robert Cardinal Prevost OSA as Pope in the 2025 papal ...

Robert Prevost, a tennis-loving, Wordle-playing White Sox fan from Chicago, is now leader of the world's nearly 1.5 billion Catholics. Vatican observers describe what the election of Leo XIV, the ...

Pope Leo XIV led the Regina caeli prayer — often spoken during the time between Easter Sunday and Pentecost — in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, May 11. The pontiff, who was elected on May 8 after a ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent.

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced ...

After being appointed by the Cardinals, Pope Leo XIV holds his first mass after the Conclave in which he was elected.

Pope Leo XIV, history's first North American pope, said on Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV began his first homily with words in English during Mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first mass on Friday to cardinals in the Sistine Chapel. The ceremony was a "celebration with God of his election" with an emphasis on peace, said FRANCE 24's Stuart Norval ...