Pope Leo XIV traveled by helicopter to Pompeii, near Naples, for a daylong visit to mark the May 8 feast of Our Lady of Pompeii. The date marks the day in 1876, when the cornerstone for a shrine ...

Foreign leaders and lobbyists thought they would write the next chapter in Catholic history. They failed and Leo is proving ...

U.S. bishops marked the first anniversary of Pope Leo XIV’s election by recalling the moment they learned he had been chosen, describing their reactions in a video message. “When we were watching the ...

(RNS) — Nearly a year after the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV, two deeply sourced books offer competing portraits of the context and maneuvering behind the first U.S. pope’s election. “Popes, ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not registered as a ...

Pope Leo XIV is marking one year since his historic election, making the transition from low-profile cardinal to one of the most recognizable figures on the planet.

The world awaits Pope Leo's first encyclical on artificial intelligence, expected to be signed May 15 and released by the Vatican by the end of the month.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio held a meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Thursday amid a historic period of tension between Washington and the Vatican.