Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first mass and details began to emerge of how votes quickly coalesced to make him history ...

It’s now Pope Leo.” Trump quick to celebrate Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born pope But Cardinal Joseph Tobin, an old friend of Prevost’s who slipped up, calling him “Bob . . .

That wariness, in part, stems from Rome’s condemnation of the heresy of “Americanism,” as it was called by no less a figure than Leo XIII, who was pope from 1878 to 1903.

Indigenous groups in Canada say they want to see Pope Leo XIV continue the reconciliation work started by his predecessor, the late Pope Francis. Francis was recognized as an ally of Canada’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history's first American pope offered a message of healing ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America By: Jack Brook And Deepa Bharath, The Associated Press Posted: 11:07 PM CDT Friday, May. 9, 2025 ...

In a significant move just under a week after his election, Pope Leo XIV has ordered the unsealing of the papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace. The official reopening took place on 11 May, ...

Before he was Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost grew up the youngest of three brothers in the South Chicago suburb of Dolton. He always wanted to be a priest, his older brother, John Prevost, told ABC News ...

While Pope Leo XIV may walk in Francis's shoes, early signs point to a papacy with a style and direction all its own — straddling ideological lines and blending traditional Catholic signifiers ...