Pope Leo XIV called free speech and the press a "precious gift" as he asked for the release of imprisoned journalists. He made the comments during an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists ...

The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared in public after being elected three days ago Pope Leo made his first trip outside of ...

The same auction house that sold President Trump’s childhood home for millions in 2017 will take bids for the modest three-bedroom where Pope Leo XIV once lived. By Debra Kamin The childhood ...

Students, alumni, family, and supporters packed the Leo Catholic High School auditorium on Monday morning for a special prayer service honoring Pope Leo XIV. The school, at 7901 S. Sangamon St ...

Cleaning up social media accounts while job hunting took an all new meaning following the election of Pope Leo XIV, who wiped his personal accounts and made his first official post as pontiff this ...

We’ll let the public decide in what order they want to put them in.” Leo’s election came as a complete surprise in Chicago. The city of 2.6 million people has long been known as a Catholic ...

In his first audience with journalists as the pontiff, Leo renewed pleas for a more peaceful world. He also spoke to Ukraine’s president on Monday. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Reporting from Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY — As he has done in every major appearance since being named pope, Leo XIV invoked the name of his predecessor before a massive throng of 150,000 during his first Sunday blessing in ...

Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s. The most recent, Pope Leo XIII, served as supreme pontiff from 1878 to ...

A video authentically showed Pope Leo XIV condemning U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policies as "a blatant trampling on both the teachings of the church and the promises of the ...