Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...

A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced ...

He had the good papal housekeeping seal of approval from Pope Francis, his predecessor, who put him in one of the top jobs in ...

After being appointed by the Cardinals, Pope Leo XIV holds his first mass after the Conclave in which he was elected.

Standing beneath Michelangelo’s towering fresco of the Last Judgement, newly elected Pope Leo XIV delivered his first papal ...

In just over 24 hours and after at least four separate ballots, 133 cardinals reached a historic consensus beneath the ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent.

Cardinal says Leo will be ‘darn good Pope’ as White House downplays Trump tensions - Celebrations for Pope Leo XIV have swept ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has something in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy. He’s been in positions of ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

There was no "rancour" or "politcking" in the conclave to elect the new pope, England and Wales's most senior Roman Catholic ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, about the significance of the Cardinals electing the first pope from the United States.