Conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful that ...

VATICAN CITY, Holy See (AFP) — At 69 Leo XIV was elected pope at a significantly younger age than his two immediate ...

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

The new pontiff addresses thousands of the members of the media in Vatican City, saying "we are living in times that are both ...

An Omaha native now reports in the Holy See. She's been in Rome since 2016 and has had the opportunity to cover the recent ...

Leo, who was born in Chicago, signed a baseball that someone held out to him. A woman in the line asked him for a selfie — a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Monday called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift ...

While Pope Leo XIV presides over a flock of 1.4 billion people from within Vatican City, there’s one worldly responsibility ...

Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

Fight! ” The other introduced himself to the world with his first public word as pope: “ Peace.” The contrast between ...

Pope Leo XIV called Monday for the release of jailed journalists and urged reporters against using words that fan hatred, as ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.