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 ...

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 ...

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

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, center, leaves after concelebrating Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican the day after his election as 267th pontiff of the Roman ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV concelebrates ... 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 ...

This selection comes after two days of conclave in the Sistine Chapel, tying the modern record for the fastest selection of a ...