On most days, the Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s busiest tourist destinations, but this week it served as the world’s most secretive polling station as 133 cardinals voted for the 267th ...

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 ...

And the regnal name that he chose, Leo XIV, had beautiful and powerful resonance for anyone familiar with the history of the Church. The new pope was hearkening back to his predecessor Leo XIII ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass as the head of the ...

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday. The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time ...

Leo XIV, the first ever American pope, condemned the exploitation of the poor and called for unity in the church during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, an event attended by world ...

VATICAN CITY — "The way we communicate is of fundamental importance: We must say 'no' to the war of words and images; we must reject the paradigm of war," Pope Leo XIV said in an address to ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some ...