The election of Leo, the Catholic Church's first American pope, is drawing a mixed response from groups often at odds with the church.

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid in his first Sunday noon blessing as po

Robert F. Prevost, 69, was a longshot selection with extensive missionary experience in Peru and an approach similar to Pope Francis, his predecessor.

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

Massachusetts Catholics and political leaders took a moment to recognize new Pope Leo XIV after Cardinal Robert Prevost was elevated to leader of the Roman Catholic Church.

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

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The Catholic Church set sail on a redirected trajectory ... Faggioli and Cathleen Kaveny, a professor of theology and law at Boston College, said Leo’s American bona fides make it harder for ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, a successor to Pope Francis who di

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman Catholic Church might take.