Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being an American citizen who now is also a foreign head of state.

With the arrival of the new Pope, can we expect a new stance from the Catholic Church on the rights of women and LGBT+ people ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...

Although many signs point to the Vatican as a neutral location for Russia and Ukraine to engage in dialogue, reservations ...

In closing, let us hear the words of Pope Leo XIV, from his Inaugural Mass, May 18: ...

Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, ...

The past week in Nigeria has been shaped by tragic violence, international diplomatic engagements, political declarations ahead of the 2027 elections, a fresh scandal in the education sector and oil ...

Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, center, leaves after concelebrating Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman ...

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