Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in St Peter’s Square. The ceremony – before tens of thousands of people, ...

Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome.

I can say that for you and with you, I am Roman!’ says Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pope, to the Diocese of Rome ...

When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

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Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran ... entrusting it to the intercession of Sts. Peter and Paul and of all those other brothers and ...

Pope Leo XIV took his first popemobile ride through St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, greeting the tens of thousands of people who joined presidents, patriarchs and princes for the formal installation ...

Scottish soon-to-be priests Matthew McCafferty and Kieran Burt reflect on meeting the new Holy Father — and following in his ...

I traveled to Rome to accept an award for my recently published novel, The Accidental Jesus. The event would cap this year’s ...

He prays first at the tomb of St. Peter, considered to be the first pope, under the basilica's main altar ... is being joined by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who arrived in Rome ahead of time ...

Rubio had arrived in Rome ahead of time to try to advance ... Priests were also rushed into St. Peter's Basilica to get ready for the historical Mass. The late Pope Francis had taken his last ...