When Pope Leo XIV was elected pope, the assembled crowd reacted with joy but also with surprise: He was the first pope from the United States, and North America more broadly. Moreover, he was the ...

It has been over two weeks since Pope Leo XIV emerged on the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square. Like so many others, I have been reading his homilies and public addresses with great ...

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’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a ...

Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of the St ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of his cathedra (throne) on Sunday. The pontiff said ecclesial communion is ...

Pope Leo XIV’s emphasis on faith in the risen Christ is fundamental for the Church, particularly in Europe, Italian Cardinal Angelo Bagnasco said. In an interview with ACI Stampa ...

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.” ...

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Pope Leo XIV appointed Michael Pham, previously auxiliary bishop of San Diego and diocesan administrator, as the Bishop of San Diego on Thursday. Pham, 58, was born in Da Nang ...

Pope Leo XIV called Wednesday for sufficient humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-ravaged Gaza, where humanitarian agencies say a total blockade has sparked critical food and medicine shortages.