Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled with ancient and symbolic rituals. By Jason Horowitz Reporting from ...

Pope Leo XIV has affirmed traditional Catholic doctrine regarding marriage, saying that it is founded on the "stable union between a man and a woman." The pope, who was elected to lead the ...

Catholics around the world continue to celebrate the election last week of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States. In addition to being a natural-born American citizen, Leo is also a ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first US pope, will continue engaging with the Catholic faithful through the official @Pontifex accounts on X and Instagram. Inheriting the accounts previously used by Pope ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Pope Leo XIV meets members of the international media Monday in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Andrew Medichini/AP Share VATICAN CITY — Chicagoans might ...

Louis Marius Prevost, the father of Pope Leo XIV, served on a D-Day landing ship during World War II and was a junior lieutenant in the United States Navy. Since Pope Leo XIV became the new ...

Pope Leo XIV called free speech and the press a "precious gift" as he asked for the release of imprisoned journalists. He made the comments during an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists ...

Photo: Oliver Weiken/Zuma Press VATICAN CITY—Pope Leo XIV’s first signals about the style and substance of his pontificate show why he won such broad assent at the conclave that elected him.

Pope Leo XIV may have broken a historic barrier by becoming the first pontiff from the United States, but his views on the Catholic Church could harken back to more traditional times. There are ...

Pope Leo XIV once said: "To all who sent prayers, love, and hope as I begin this sacred journey — thank you. I accept this role not as a throne, but as a vow: To serve the forgotten, To uplift ...

Welcome to America magazine’s Conclave Podcast. Our editors are on the ground in Rome covering the first days of Leo XIV’s historic papacy. Today, Pope Leo met with members of the Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American pope in the many centuries since Catholicism was introduced to the U.S. As his busy schedule begins to take shape, many are already wondering when ...