Pope Leo XIV is visiting the papal summer palace south of Rome. His visit is fueling speculation about whether he will use it ...

meeting with the cardinals who chose him to lead the Catholic Church and follow in Pope Francis’ social justice-minded footsteps. Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised ...

Hours after the Pope Leo XIV announcement, Catholics in the Seattle area said they were processing the news and hoped Leo could be a bridge builder.

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

The last few weeks have been life-changing for the man formerly known as Robert Francis Prevost. He was elected on May 8 as ...

Spaniard Luis Ventura, the executive-secretary of Brazil’s Indigenous Missionary Council, said he prays for the new pope to ...

FRANCIS: Pope Francis, elected in 2013 ... The Hearst Foundations has awarded the Seattle Art Museum with a grant.

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

The new pope had a close relationship with Francis, whose legacy looms large. A key inspiration for that legacy, however, is the witness of Latin American Christians whose blood has been shed for ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — While Pope Franci s accomplished a lot in his 12-year papacy, he left much unfinished business and many challenges for his successor — from the Vatican's disastrous ...

That Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago White Sox fan and likes to play tennis are already known. But the most pressing sports ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Jewish leaders got up-front seats at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. An American rabbi there and other ...