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 affirmed Wednesday that priests must be celibate and insisted that bishops take “firm and decisive” action to deal with sex abusers, as he gave ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...