The American cardinal’s very selection as pope speaks volumes about the role he could play in a world desperately in need of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was selected to be 267th pope on Thursday and he is the first American to lead the Roman Catholic church.Franciscan U ...

On Friday, Leo will celebrate mass in the Sistine Chapel at 11 a.m. local time, Matteo Bruni, director of the Holy See Press Office, told journalists in a short briefing Thursday evening. Leo will ...

MAGA voices were ringing alarms louder than the tolling bells in St. Peter's Square after white smoke heralded the selection ...

Many Catholics across Connecticut are hopeful that history’s first American pope, Leo XIV, can unify a divided world and carry on his predecessor's legacy of inclusiveness. “My first thought was that ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost took the name Pope Leo XIV as he was elected the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church.

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...