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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV kicked off a weeklong celebration of Catholic clergy Tuesday by encouraging seminarians to be joyful and honest, offering an uplifting message after Pope Francis ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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, ...

Pope Leo XIV waves during the formal inauguration of his pontificate in St. Peter's Square attended by heads of state, royalty and ordinary faithful, Sunday in The Vatican. Photo by Alessandra ...

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.