VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Pope Leo XIV is stepping into his new role. On Friday, May 9, the new pope celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel, ...

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel on Friday as history's first North American ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the ...

A priest reacts as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, appears on the central ...

Cardinal hopes Pope will ‘build a bridge’ with Trump — despite past criticism of administration - The 69-year-old former ...