Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, presided over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday in front of a crowd of tens of thousands. World leaders including Vice President JD Vance ...

Both Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural Mass of Pope Leo XIV on May 18, the ...

An American flag is displayed as Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, waves as he arrives to celebrate his ...

The Mass for the inauguration of Pope ... and fidelity to Jesus Christ and his Church. The Catholic Church’s first pope from the Augustinian order is already helping to educate the faithful ...

Meet Donna, who lives next door to Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, IL. She says the home was recently a hub of drug ...

Pope Leo XIV marked his first full day as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church by celebrating Mass in the ... in 1981 as a member of the Order of Saint Augustine.

Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass on Sunday morning at St. Peter’s Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that ...

ROME — There’s a sense of irony, many observers have noted recently, that the election of Pope Leo XIV as the first pope from ...

Leo held his first Mass as pope ... the mission of the Catholic Church. “Peter, in his response, understands both of these things: the gift of God and the path to follow in order to allow ...

Born in Chicago in 1955, Prevost joined the Order of St. Augustine in 1977. He attended Villanova University near ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year ...