Pope Francis delivers a speech during his weekly general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) On cold days, he opted for a ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost arrives on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter's Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave, in The Vatican, on May ...

Early details on Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope 09:40. Vatican City — Of the 266 popes who have led the Catholic Church, not one of them had been from the United States.Until Thursday. The ...

The pope rules supreme in the 44 hectares (109 acres) of city state -- one third of which are gardens. The state's government is the Holy See, which is a sovereign juridical entity under ...