An unexpected gesture surprised Pope Leo during a meeting with the faithful. The protagonist of the scene was a devotee who, among the crowd, gave the pontiff a Francesco Totti jersey dating back to

Pope Leo XIV has revived a former Vatican tradition and granted employees a bonus of €500 ($568) for the election of each new pontiff, Italian media reported. The so-called conclave bonus was abolished in 2013 under former pope Francis but was reportedly reinstated on Friday,

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church.