Pope Leo XIV will formally take up his role as leader of the global Catholic Church Sunday morning, with a Mass in St.

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding ...

Nate Tinner-Williams, a contributing Globe Opinion writer, is cofounder and editor of Black Catholic Messenger. As the ...

The first US pontiff in the history of the Church refers to the Social Doctrine and to the economic and theological doctrines ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, is beginning his ministry with a historic ceremony at St. Peter’s Square, blending ...

US President Donald Trump, who was on a trip to West Asia, announced a massive US-Saudi defence deal worth $142 billion this ...

The largest delegations will come from Italy, Peru - where Pope Leo XIV served as a missionary for several decades during his pastoral ministry - and the United States, his country of origin ...