In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past.

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the ...

Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene as Pope Leo XIV is installed in Vatican City. Global dignitaries and faith leaders from around the world gathered in Vatican City on ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an inaugural ...

On Sunday, Vance led a U.S. delegation at the inaugural Mass of the first U.S.-born pope, Leo XIV. Both pontiffs — Francis during his papacy, Leo in his prior service as Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, appeared in St. Peter’s Square before 150,000 faithful and world leaders in Vatican City on May 18, 2025 Delegations representing countries ...

Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Elisabetta Povoledo Elisabetta Povoledo reported from Vatican City Pope Leo XIV used his homily to plead for peace in warring regions and to call for a more united Roman ...

The new pope met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Sunday. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Leo XIV spoke on Sunday of the remarkable times during which he's been elevated to the papacy ...

By Elizabeth Dias Reporting from Vatican City The announcement that Vice President JD Vance would attend Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration mass included a simple line. “Pope Leo XIV is the first ...