Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those ...

The pope urged reporters "to strive for a different kind of communication, one that does not seek consensus at all costs, does not use aggressive words, does not follow the culture of competition and ...

Pope Leo XIV held his first public audience with members of the media, saying the church stood in solidarity with them for "seeking the truth." ...

Vice President J.D. Vance has called the Catholic Church “so much bigger than politics” as he expressed disappointment about ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

I, too, address the world's great powers by repeating the ever-present call: ‘never again war,’” Leo said from the loggia of ...

Sylvia Poggioli has covered several papal conclaves and the Vatican for decades. For this week's reporter's notebook, she reflects on what it's like to cover one of the most secretive institutions in ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

President Donald Trump reacted to the selection of the new pope and leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday.

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...