Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his ...

Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- ...

Japanese Cardinal Isao Kikuchi of Tokyo says Pope Leo XIV’s previous work as a missionary and as a Vatican official were ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV said ... first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make him history’s first American pope. Freed from their conclave, cardinals ...

Pope Leo XIV said his ... his first Mass and details began to emerge of how votes quickly coalesced to make him history’s first American pope. Freed from their conclave, Catholic cardinals ...

Filipino Cardinals Luis Antonio Tagle, Jose Advincula, and Pablo Virgilio David attend Sunday Mass at the Pontificio Collegio ...

A fascinating deep dive published by The Wall Street Journal sheds further light on how Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV this week.