Pope Leo XIV will officially inaugurate his papacy with Mass in St. Peter’s Square May 18.

Daniels told OSV News that in his first words as pope, Leo XIV echoed the voice of Francis and the Gospel itself: “God loves ...

Where Christians are “mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied” is where the Catholic Church’s “missionary ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily while celebrating his first Mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him in the Sistine ...

The following are key dates in the life and ministry of Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, 2025, as the 266th successor to St.

Students at The Catholic University of America react to the announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV, formerly ...

Msgr. W. Ronald Jameson, the rector of the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C., gives his homily during ...

Once elected, the new pope remains in Rome (the late Pope Francis never again visited his native Argentina after his ...

President Donald Trump on May 8 congratulated Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, speaks on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica ...

The first pope who took the name Leo became pope in 440. Known as “Leo the Great,” he promoted the doctrine of papal primacy ...

“Peace be with you,” were Pope Leo’s first words to the crowd. “My dear brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the risen Christ, the Good Shepherd who gave His life for God’s flock,” he ...