VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he ...

There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he ...

The Omega gym in Rome is frequented by residents of the up-market Prati district, plus priests, nuns and monsignors from ...

Leo, the first American and second Latin American pope, celebrated his inaugural Mass at the Vatican after waving to the ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

So it is no surprise that in his first public moment, as Pope Leo offered his Urbi et Orbi Blessing (to the city of Rome and ...

Leo’s commitments present a challenge to the nationalism and isolationism currently promoted by the White House.

Whether mainline Protestant warmth toward the new pope is a result of convergence on social justice issues or pride in the ...

The Election of Pope Leo XIV delighted and surprised many Catholics and non-Catholics alike. His first words before he gave ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

The Vatican said that around 40,000 people were on hand for the audience, which came just days after an estimated 200,000 ...

The pope asked his listeners to be inspired and renewed in their vocation to “be a leaven of missionary zeal within the ...