Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S. politics and his papal duties. Pope Leo XIV might be "gringo" by ...

Peter’s Square on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV formally assumes leadership of ... His homily is expected to outline key priorities for his papacy, with peace emerging as a central theme.

The modality for choosing a PopeTHE election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

a rite of passage that has become synonymous with the papacy's global reach and mediatic draw. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity ...

Robert Prevost, the first American-born pope ... announcement. Leo XIV felt a calling to the priesthood from a young age, although his family didn't anticipate his rise to papacy.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world ... Leo officially opened his pontificate by taking his first popemobile tour through the piazza, a ...

(RNS) — The purpose of Vatican diplomacy is not to seek privileges, but to strengthen its evangelical mission at the service of humanity, Pope Leo XIV told ... in his papacy, he said.

GENAZZANO, Italy—A new photo of Leo XIV ... papal visits to a Virgin Mary icon in the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good Counsel, commemorating where he prayed two days after being elected pope.

Pope Leo XIV meets with Vice President JD Vance ... is a fragile flower,” and a coffee-table sized picture book of the papal apartments in the Apostolic Palace. Leo noted that Francis had ...

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 ...