VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Pope Leo XIV will formally begin his ministry as bishop of Rome with a liturgy steeped in tradition and rich in symbolism May ...

Less than one month after he broke Vatican rules while touring the sacred city, U.S. Vice President JD Vance has once again ...

The moment comes after Vance allegedly broke Vatican protocol when he took a trip to the grand Sistine Chapel, famously home ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Pope Leo XIV used his homily to plead for peace in warring regions and to call for a more united Roman Catholic Church.

An open-topped popemobile carrying Pope Leo XIV drove through St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday morning, ahead of ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding ...

Watch live as Pope Leo XIV delivers his inaugural mass in the Vatican’s St. Peter's Square on Sunday, 18 May, in front of ...

At his installation Mass, the pope said, "in this our time, we still see too much discord, too many wounds caused by hatred, ...

He offered a message of love and communion during an inaugural Mass in St Peter’s Square before before an estimated 150,000 ...