At U.N. headquarters in New York, the Vatican secretary of state said Pope Leo XIV "has expressed his deep commitment to ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected 267th pontiff by the College of Cardinals during a papal conclave on ...

He is accompanied by his wife, and officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture, Community and ...

SINGAPORE - Minister for Culture, Community and Youth Edwin Tong had a brief audience with Pope Leo XIV following his ...

Set to turn 70 on September 14, the new pope has the potential to have a long and eventful pontificate. Here, see photos of ...

By now you’ve probably heard about Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff and the 267th head of the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV has broken the seal on the papal apartments, marking one of his first major symbolic moments as pontiff ...

Pope Leo XIV had been in office for less than a day before he was presented with his first significant diplomatic test.

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals who elected him that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings that modernized the church. He identified ...

VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Robert Prevost ... while support for the early front-runner—Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin—was stagnating.

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a new pope.

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...