Pope Leo XIV held a private meeting with U.S. Vice President JD Vance and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in the papal library on Monday morning. Details of the meeting were not released ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled with ancient and symbolic rituals. By Jason Horowitz Reporting from ...

Listen So far, Pope Leo XIV has leaned fairly heavily into the legacy of his storied predecessor, Leo XIII, the long-reigning pope elected as a compromise candidate who was expected to live only a ...

In his homily, Pope Leo said he wanted to be a servant to the faithful through the two dimensions of the papacy, love and unity, so that the church could be a force for peace in the world.

Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo reported from Vatican City Pope Leo XIV used his homily to plead for peace in warring regions and to call for a more united Roman ...

new video loaded: Pope Leo XIV Holds Inaugural Mass at the Vatican Pope Leo XIV used his homily to plead for peace in warring regions and to call for a more united Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV is the first pontiff from the United States. Leo said the church must confront modern challenges while maintaining its traditions, and rejected what he called "religious propaganda ...

US VP Vance invites Pope Leo XIV at Vatican meeting to visit US Leo, elected May 8, is first pope from US As cardinal, Leo was critical of Trump administration VATICAN CITY, May 19 (Reuters ...

The new pope met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Leo XIV spoke on Sunday of the remarkable times during which he's been elevated to the papacy ...

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church inaugurated its 267th pope in an incense-laced rite heralding the start of a novel papacy — one filled by a White Sox fan, former missionary and dual citizen ...

DOLTON, IL – They said this village didn't have a prayer. Then Leo came along. Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the past ...

On Sunday, Vance led a U.S. delegation at the inaugural Mass of the first U.S.-born pope, Leo XIV. Both pontiffs — Francis during his papacy, Leo in his prior service as Cardinal Robert Francis ...