As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship ...

He now leads a sovereign nation, Vatican City, and the U.S. State Department says that for an American to retain citizenship ...

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.

Harry Styles was among the many spectators that gathered in Vatican City to watch Pope Leo XIV, formerly Robert Francis Prevost, assume his new role as leader of the Catholic Church.

After Thursday’s Conclave in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, the world learned that the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...

A charter company is inviting travelers to fly in divine style on a direct route from Pope Leo XIV’s native Chicago to ...

Among the regular pilgrims, tourists and assorted onlookers were groups of nuns. There are around 600,000 Catholic nuns ...

While touring the Colosseum Thursday, Pearson heard church bells echoing across the city — a sign that a new Pope had been ...

The Vatican, the smallest country in the world, has an economy shrouded in secrecy. Here are some little known facts that ...