Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, delivering a passionate speech that ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

Continuing the cycle of traditions that await a new pope, the newly elected pontiff addressed his cardinals in English and ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, presided on Friday over the first large mass following his election. The new pontiff was joined by cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, one day ...

Addressing the cardinals in English, he said, "You have called me to carry the cross and to be blessed," and asked for their help in spreading the Catholic faith.

Pope Leo XIV was announced as the successor of the late Pope Francis, who recently passed away at the age of 88.

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

Pope Leo XIV marked his first full day as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church by celebrating Mass in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on Friday with cardinals. Mass got underway as ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass on Friday in the Sistine Chapel, where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the dangers caused by a lack of faith and hoping the Catholic ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel Friday morning. It comes after he was selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 ...