As he has done in every major appearance since being named pope, Leo XIV invoked the name of his predecessor before a massive ...

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Francis also was the first Jesuit pope of the Catholic Church. So what is a ...

In a jubilant atmosphere, more than 10,000 faithful gathered in front of the Basilica and Cathedral of Santa María de ...

Thousands of Christians gathered in South Sudan’s Unity State on Sunday to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Catholic ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV lived in St. Louis, Missouri, in the 1970s while studying to become a priest. He was in a parish ...

At services on Sunday, some Catholics took particular pride in the election of the first American pontiff, who has familial ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his ...