During the recent coronation of the King of England, it was jewelry, as it has always been, that sealed the deal: St.

Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, made history on Thursday, May 8, when he was elected as the first American ...

POPE LEO XIV: You have called me to carry that cross and to be blessed with that ... Tens of thousands of people packed into St. Peter's Square to greet the new pontiff as he emerged onto the ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass this morning following his election, calling on the Church to focus on areas where ...

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his inaugural mass today in front of St Peter’s Basilica, which marks the formal start of his ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

VATICAN CITY — As the words "Habemus papam!" rang out from the famed loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, tens of thousands of people, crushed tightly together, erupted in cheers — and tears.

Standing on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica with a large crowd of people in St. Peter's square, Leo XIV spoke in both Italian and Spanish. Here's a translation of his speech: Peace be with you ...

White smoke snaked out of the Sistine Chapel on the second day of the papal conclave that convened after the death of Pope Francis, the 265th successor to St. Peter, who was, tradition has it, created ...