Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope and chose the name Leo XIV. A Chicago native, Prevost is the first American to head the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost was elected by Catholic ...

President Donald Trump said he remains open to meeting with Pope Leo XIV and insisted he wasn't aware of the pontiff's ...

Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is the first pope from the United States. CNN — Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is ...

Lebanon needed this embrace.” The words went out over a social media platform, made more poignant for the accompanying image ...

Pope Leo XIV has revealed his immediate, heartfelt reaction upon being elected leader of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic ...

Almost three months since Pope Leo’s election, he has appeared about as rarely in the news as a new pope can. Pope Leo smiles as he arrives for a visit to the Santa Marta Retirement Home in Castel ...

During his first international trip to Turkey and Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV stepped onto the international stage and into the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV met Monday with one of the most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church and encouraged his ministry, sending a strong signal of welcome ...

Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church while congratulatory messages poured in for making history as the first American-born pontiff. The 69-year-old former ...

PHOENIX - May 8 was a groundbreaking day of sorts for the Roman Catholic faith, as cardinals in the church voted, for the first time, to install an American as their leader. The election of Robert ...

COMMENTARY: Since taking office in May, the Holy Father has served the Church more as a stabilizer than a disruptor. Pope Leo XIV tours St. Peter’s Square in a surprise visit July 29 to the Jubilee of ...

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