Americans gathered in St. Peter’s Square on May 8 to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, celebrated his first Mass as pontiff on Friday, ...

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 Catholic Church.

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

"Peace be with you all," the newly elected pontiff said in Italian and Spanish from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his ...