Pope Leo XIV uses Van Gogh’s ‘Sower at Sunset’ to show how God’s Word is scattered freely — and how even fractured ground can yield a golden harvest.

It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said the Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in ...

In Chicago, whether it’s architecture or Catholicism, we do ordinary very well. It’s one reason we now call Pope Leo XIV our ...

Leo officially opened his pontificate by taking his first popemobile tour through the piazza, a rite of passage that has ...

The 69-year-old pope offered a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before 150,000 people, ...

Cardinal Prevost’s choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice, and also recalls ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first North American pontiff and will be called Pope Leo XIV - Pope Leo XIV emerged onto the balcony of St Peter's Basilica where he addressed jubilant crowds ...

Cardinals will return to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot ...

Vatican Media, via Reuters The Roman Catholic Church ... succeed Pope Francis writing candidates’ names on voting cards by hand, trying to disguise their handwriting. Outside in St. Peter ...