President Donald Trump is holding a rally in Pennsylvania on Friday to celebrate a details-to-come deal for Japan-based ...

Pope Leo will lead his first holy mass as pontiff this morning - after already paying a surprise visit to see staff at his former residence. Robert Prevost's life changed forever on Thursday when ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first blessing as pontiff this Sunday. In his speech, he called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. "Never again war," Pope Leo XIV ...

May 9, 2025 Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, presided over his first Mass as leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics on Friday, pledging to align himself with “ordinary people ...

He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020. As Pope Leo XIV laid out his vision for the papacy in an address to the College of Cardinals, he also explained why he ...

Pope Leo concluded by quoting St. Paul VI’s hope expressed at the beginning of his pontificate in 1963, praying that the Church would “pass over the whole world like a great flame of faith and ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is widely considered to be soft-spoken and cautious — but has not been shy in recent years about speaking out on hot-button issues, from the teaching of gender ...

Pope Leo XIV was an active voter who participated in several Republican primaries in recent years and voted in the most recent presidential election, according to a report. Then-Cardinal Robert ...

He was introduced as Pope Leo XIV — formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost — the first American-born pontiff and first pope of the Augustinian order. Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic ...

By Mitch Smith and Susan C. Beachy Pope Leo XIV has voted several times in his home state of Illinois in recent years, public records show, including with an absentee ballot in last November’s ...

Pope Leo XIV walks in the corridor of the third loggia of the Apostolic Palace, where the papal apartment is located, on May 12, 2025, in Vatican City. (photo: Vatican Media / Getty) Hannah ...

Father Gosbert Rwezahura is the pastor at the last Catholic church in the South Holland and Dolton areas in the Chicago south suburbs, where Pope Leo XIV grew up. “This is a huge blessing for ...