Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff, has sparked optimism among Catholics of diverse views, hoping he will foster unity ...

The Catholic Church has entered a new historic era with the election of American-Peruvian Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of ...

Leo offered a novelty by singing the Regina Coeli, a Latin prayer said during the Easter season which recent popes usually ...

Like Francis, Leo shares a commitment to the poor and disadvantaged, and a focus on Catholics in far-flung areas away from ...

A Chicago-based group filed complaints about him with Vatican officials, claiming Cardinal Robert Prevost fell short in his responses to allegations of abuse in there and in Peru Access articles from ...

The new Pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago, became the first North American head of the Catholic Church.

No more war,’ Pope Leo pleads to world in first Sunday address at the Vatican - The new pontiff called for ‘authentic and ...

The recent election of Pope Leo XIV, né Robert Francis Prevost, marks a significant moment in history, not only because he is ...