The surge in blessings reflects enthusiasm over the start of a new pontificate and highlights a traditional practice that ...

Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with ...

The first American pope arrives at the papal summer retreat to work on his encyclical, with suggestions it should avoid ...

CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell is watching and waiting to see how Pope Leo XIV widens Francis' legacy of ...

The pontiff expressed sympathy and regret over the murders and wished for peace in the region after the tragic attack left over 40 people dead.

Oklahoma Roman Catholic leaders explore the commonalities between Pope Leo XIV and Blessed Stanley Rother, men who each ...

NCR readers respond to stories about women in the church, a new bishop and the USCCB's reaction to the Trump presidency.

Beyond that, Leo has received plenty of invitations: Vice President JD Vance extended a Trump invitation to visit the U.S., but Leo demurred and offered a noncommittal “at some point.” ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost made history by becoming the first pope from the United States — a stunning decision that Chicagoans celebrated by flocking to churches and sharing memes.

Pope Leo said on Thursday he hopes to travel to Turkey later this year for the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian ...

Leo’s Route” seeks to show the world 39 places related to Pope Leo XIV’s life in the country of Peru, where he was a bishop ...

The Pope’s paternal grandfather, Salvatore Giovanni Gaetano Riggitano (1876-1960), immigrated to the United States from Sicily in 1903 and became a teacher of Romance languages, particularly ...