Pope Leo XIV has broken his silence following the devastating ... in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe River ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. In his first public words as pontiff, history’s first American pope, said: “Peace be with you.” From the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, he recalled ...

Robert Prevost, the choice of the world's Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4bn member Church, is the first pope from the United States and a relative unknown on the global stage.

Full USA TODAY coverage of Pope Leo XIV, the head of the Catholic Church and the first pope from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV received US Vice President JD Vance and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the Vatican, ahead of a US-led push to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

After taking the name Pope Leo XIV, the new pope used his maiden speech to a worldwide audience, among them many of the of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, to speak of “a united church, always ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate Mass on Friday morning at 11 a.m. with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel. 2. He plans to deliver his first Sunday noon blessing from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

The US-born Robert Francis Prevost celebrated his first mass as Pope Leo XIV this morning in the Sistine Chapel, where he was elected by fellow cardinals yesterday evening.

The Roman Catholic Church has chosen an American-born cardinal as its new pope, and he has taken the name Leo XIV. Many of the world’s news outlets enthusiastically covered the conclave that elected ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, choosing the name of Pope Leo XIV, at the Vatican ...