A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the church’s 2,000-year history.

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel.

During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their ...

It was the first time Leo made public remarks in English, after he spoke in Italian and Spanish only in his first comments ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

On Sunday, he will deliver his first noon blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s and, on Monday, is to attend an audience ...