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.

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV set the tone for his papacy Sunday with a call to stop exploiting nature and marginalizing the poor, before an audience including JD Vance and tens of thousands of pilgrims ...

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 ...