Meeting his former colleagues and co-workers and acknowledging how many of them spent many more years working at the Vatican ...

Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, is the first US-born leader of the Catholic Church. However, his elevation to ...

Pope Leo XIV waives from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, 11 May 2025 ...

In his first speech from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8, Leo said the cardinals chose him “to be the successor ...

Pope Leo celebrated his inaugural Mass in Vatican City as head of the Catholic Church, where he called for love and unity, and a world where peace reigns.

But he isn't just the leader of the Catholic Church. He's also the head of the Holy See, the central governing body of Vatican City. The territory is home to almost 900 people and covers 0.5 ...

Vice President JD Vance is headed back to Vatican City for Pope Leo XIV's inaugural Mass, a week after the first American ...

The specifics of the church's finances have always been shrouded in secrecy, even from the pope himself, and tradition is ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

As Pope Leo XIV is formally inaugurated, he vows to work for unity and peace at a time of polarization in the Catholic Church ...

"Even though we didn’t actually see the smoke or see the new pope, the feeling of being there, it was in everybody's heart.