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 gave his first homily at a Mass on Friday, one day after he was selected by a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to lead the Catholic Church. The first U.S. pope in history said he ...

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Washington — President Trump celebrated the election of the first U.S.-born pope, calling it a "Great Honor" that Robert Francis Prevost, who chose Leo XIV as his papal name, was selected ...

Pope Leo XIV is facing a Vatican financial crisis—and we just learned how bad it is. If any institution is too revered to fail, it’s the Vatican. But in terms of money, it’s on the brink.

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 ...

This house of God is a total real-estate blessing! The owner of Pope Leo XIV’s childhood home in the suburbs of Chicago yanked the humble abode off the market overnight with potential plans to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The brother of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, who made history by becoming the first American pontiff, shared his "overwhelming" reaction to the news on Thursday. John Prevost told FOX 32 that ...

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 ...