ROME -- Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers ...

Pope Leo XIV's first full day as head of the Catholic Church is underway on May 9.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church ...

The youngest, the oldest and do they really have to change their names? Who was the very first pope? How many popes have there been? Has anyone ever refused the office? For an institution that has ...

Leo XIV is expected to visit Nicaea — located in modern-day İznik in northwestern Turkey — to celebrate the 1,700th ...

Cincinnati Catholics greeted the selection of the first American pope Thursday with shock, joy and anticipation about what the choice might mean for the future of the church in the United States ...

VATICAN CITY—The Roman Catholic Church elected the first American pope in its history, placing its 1.4 billion faithful in the hands of a missionary-turned-Vatican prelate who has been critical ...

Pope Leo XIV has made history after being elected the first American-born pontiff. The 69-year-old former Robert Prevost was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave Thursday after more than ...

Leo will be formally installed as pope at a Mass on May 18, the Vatican said Friday, and will preside over his first general audience May 21.

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church's 2,000-year history.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of ...