Where is our compassion and tender regard for one another? We are being assaulted by brutal and irrevocable cuts to employment, salaries, savings, safety nets, health care, nutrition programs ...

In his official inauguration in office, Pope Leo XIV said his “first great desire” is for a united Church, “a sign of unity and communion, which becomes a leaven for a reconciled world.” ...

In his first audience with journalists as the pontiff, Leo renewed pleas for a more peaceful world. He also spoke to Ukraine’s president on Monday. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV delivers his blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica for his first Sunday blessing after his election, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, May 11, 2025.

It was the first homily delivered by Pope Leo XIV, the first American to serve as leader of the Catholic Church.It was a clarion call not just to the 1.39 billion Catholic faithful around the ...

Concluding his homily, Pope Leo decided to focus on humility in the Vatican’s leadership and in priesthood, quoting St. Ignatius of Antioch: "Then I will truly be a disciple of Jesus Christ ...

Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel.

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 ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent Prevost, who had spent years as a missionary in Peru, to take over a ...

Vatican City, May 9, 2025 / 13:52 pm. In his first Mass as head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV called on the faithful to “bear witness to our joyful faith in Jesus the Savior” in a world ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...