The Fox Sports camera could have panned to any fan during the ninth inning of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series; it randomly landed on the future Pope Leo XIV. Leo is the first pope with a pre-papal ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV blessed the 159 cyclists competing in the Giro d’Italia on Sunday as the three-week race’s final stage began with an unprecedented ride through the Vatican ...

Leo will “offer a special video message to the young people of the world” during the event on June 14 at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox, according to the announcement.

Pope Leo XIV will address the crowd via video at a mass celebrating his ascent to the papacy that will be held at Chicago's Rate Field next month. According to the Archdiocese of Chicago ...

Pope Leo XIV sits on the cathedral chair in the Basilica of St. John Lateran in Rome during his official installation Mass as Bishop of Rome May 25, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME ...

Pope Leo XIV has experience in both first- and third-world countries, and is the first pope from the U.S. The new pope is expected to address challenges such as the priest shortage, women's roles ...

In May 2025, a video spread on social media that appeared to show Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost, criticizing U.S. Vice President JD Vance, saying, "You flip-flop faster than pages in the Bible." ...

When Pope Francis died, an Augustinian associate texted Robert Francis Prevost, “I think you’d make a great pope.” Prevost replied, “I’m an American — I can’t be elected.” ...

Still others, particularly progressive Protestants, might be drawn to the pope’s choice of name, a nod to his commitment to Catholic social teaching. And it doesn’t hurt he is on record ...