Cardinals Luis Jose Rueda Aparicio, Ruben Salazar Gomez and Jorge Enrique Jimenez Carvajal arrive to attend the first Mass to be led by Pope Leo XIV in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on May 9, 2025 ...

Pope Leo XIV calls for no tolerance for abuse of any kind in Catholic Church By Franklin Briceño The Associated Press Posted June 21, 2025 12:46 pm Updated June 21, 2025 12:47 pm ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV ‘s inaugural Mass on Sunday morning in St. Peter’s Square and Basilica is a ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, Jesus’ apostle, and his ...

Before his elevation, Leo spent significant time as a missionary in Peru, where according to his former roommate Father John Leydon, he "cared deeply about the poor." Leydon describes the new pope as ...

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history's first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural mass in St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands of people, presidents ...

Advocates hold onto hope as Pope Leo faces claims he mishandled alleged clergy abuse A Chicago-based group filed complaints about him with Vatican officials, claiming Cardinal Robert Prevost fell ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass is filled with symbolism. Here’s what you need to know By: Giovanna Dell'orto, The Associated Press Posted: 12:04 AM CDT Sunday, May. 18, 2025 Last Modified: 3:31 ...

LIMA, Peru — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse — sexual, spiritual or abuse of authority — and called for “transparent ...

FILE - Pope Leo XIV leaves after celebrating a Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, June 29, 2025, where he conferred the pallium on newly appointed metropolitan archbishops.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears with, from left, Archbishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, Cardinal Pietro Parolin and Cardinal Vinko Puljic on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave ...