Donation Options Search Search Search Pope Leo XIV waves to a crowd of the faithful Sunday from the central loggia of the Papal Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, where he came to venerate the ...

“Today I can say that through you and with you, I am Roman.” With these words, Pope Leo XIV addressed the mayor of Rome, Roberto Gualtieri, who greeted him just minutes before he made his way ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV presents a unique legal and diplomatic situation, as the first American-born pontiff is also a dual citizen of the United States and Peru. Born Robert Prevost in ...

Pope Leo XIV has experience in both first- and third-world countries, and is the first pope from the U.S. The new pope is expected to address challenges such as the priest shortage, women's roles ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed as head of the Vatican’s bioethics think tank Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, the longtime deputy of its outgoing president, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, signaling a desire ...

ROME -- Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps, cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of ...

Or sign-in if you have an account. Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a foreign ...

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When Pope Leo XIV stepped onto a balcony overlooking St Peter’s Square in Vatican City on May 8, he unknowingly arrived along with millions upon millions of fans worldwide on the Internet. If former ...