Americans gathered in St. Peter’s Square on May 8 to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the ...

Leo is the first pope with a pre-papal social media presence, which helps paint an early picture of his positions on various ...

Everyone is the pope’s cousin,” Father Gibson said. “I hope he gets to meet all of his new cousins.” On Thursday, Cardinal ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

During a press conference with American cardinals on Friday, Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, said he did not think the fact that Pope Leo was from the United States "carried much weight" in the ...

Americans in St. Peter’s Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

As Cardinal Robert Prevost’s name was announced, a sound of shock rose up. It was something few people had anticipated — the ...

American cardinals who voted in the conclave played down the significance of the new pope’s roots in the United States, ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pope, clearly saw something in Prevost early on. He first sent him to Chiclayo ...

“I’m ecstatic,” said Alec Maddox, 32, a consultant who lives in San Diego, although he and his two brothers, Tommy, 30, and ...