After white smoke filled the air in the Vatican City, Catholics in Colorado Springs attended midday mass with smiles and optimism. This morning, Pope Leo XIV became the first American-born pope, being ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass as the new pontiff He tells cardinals in the Sistine Chapel that he hopes his election can help the Catholic Church bring light to the "dark nights of ...

U.S. cardinals had largely been written off as papal contenders because of a widespread assumption that the global Church could not be run by a superpower pope. Pope Leo XIV conducts Mass in the ...

Amid rising anger in Global South nations over economic disparities, and with hostility on the right against mass migration peaking in the US, the Roman Catholic Church again has a leader who ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first homily at a Mass on Friday, one day after he was selected by a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to lead the Catholic Church. The first U.S. pope in history said he ...

Leo XIV aims to serve as 'faithful administrator' for the Church He inherits challenges like budget shortfall and divisions over LGBT inclusion Formal inauguration Mass to be held on May 18 Leo is ...