VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during an inaugural Mass ...

LIMA (CNN) — As a missionary and bishop in Peru, the future Pope Leo came face-to-face with one of the most serious and far-reaching scandals in the church in Latin America. For years ...

Taking the papal name of Pope Leo XIV in honor of Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903, Pope Leo XIV succeeds Pope Francis, who died April 21 at age 88. He is 69. “After the white smoke ...

To many Peruvians, however, Leo is more than the first pope from the U.S. He is also the first Peruvian pope. Pope Leo, born on the South Side of Chicago, first arrived in Peru in 1985 as a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

Experts say Leo should lead with a worldwide view and seek peace. In an instant, Cardinal Robert Prevost became the most powerful and influential American Catholic when he was selected to be pope ...

The new pope is a White Sox fan. Recently resurfaced footage has revealed that Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, attended Game 1 of the 2005 World Series in Chicago wearing Chicago White ...

Pope Leo XIV, now the successor of St. Peter, leads the 1.4-billion-strong Catholic Church in a sacred role that few others will ever hold. Because of that, some supremely relatable facts about ...

Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. He is the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Prevost was born in Chicago. He served as a missionary in Peru. His experience in Latin America and the US ...

A 2018 deal between the Vatican and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secured by Cardinal Pietro Parolin is once again under scrutiny as questions remain over how newly appointed Pope Leo XIV will ...

He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first American pope and is seen as a diplomat in the church. "This is the first greeting of the ...

Pope Leo XIV's brother John said the new pontiff will be "following in Francis' footsteps" Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...