By Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo reported from Vatican City Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, presided over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on ...

Pope Leo XIV smiles to the audience as he arrives in the Popemobile ahead of the Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV in St Peter's Square on May 18, 2025. Getty Images New Pope Leo XIV used one of ...

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 ...

It seems he took his own advice a bit too literally, because he left a mess for his successor, Pope Leo XIV, whose inaugural Mass will take place this Sunday. In today’s Catholic Church ...

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, the new leader of the Catholic Church, presided over his inaugural Mass at the Vatican on Sunday, where thousands of people and a number of world leaders gathered to meet and ...

On Sunday, Vance led a U.S. delegation at the inaugural Mass of the first U.S.-born pope, Leo XIV. Both pontiffs — Francis during his papacy, Leo in his prior service as Cardinal Robert Francis ...

DOLTON, IL – They said this village didn't have a prayer. Then Leo came along. Plagued by the tempests of drugs, murder, corruption and other vices of biblical proportion for much of the past ...

The new pope met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Leo XIV spoke on Sunday of the remarkable times during which he's been elevated to the papacy ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of ...