Pope Leo XIV's brother John said the new pontiff will be "following in Francis' footsteps" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

An American pope, a British king, European sovereigns: the echo of Leo XIV's election crosses borders and continents, like a shared call to dialogue and reconciliation. “Peace be with you ...

Headlines the world over yesterday announced the new pope, Leo XIV. Headlines exactly 75 years ago today, May 10, 1950, announced a new audacious plan for peace: "France takes the nations by ...

The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “ Peace.” The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, ...

Matteo Bruni, the director of the Vatican press office, seemed to confirm yesterday that the choice by then-Cardinal Robert Prevost, O.S.A., of “Leo XIV” was meant as an echo of one of the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass as the head of the ...

he said. "That would signify something about the direction that the pope wants to take." Leo has been chosen 13 times before. "The name Leo harkens back to Pope Leo the Great," the first pope with ...

She has been working in journalism for seven years. GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American pontiff, leaving some experts both “surprised and excited” about ...

I knew someday my time would come. The selection on Thursday of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, arrived, as my mother put it to me, as a gift from God. Though American-born, the new pope spent ...