Leo, who was elected the 267th leader of the Catholic Church last week, called for "the precious gift of free speech" to be ...

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...

After waiting in line at the Vatican, Jason Perash of Colorado got the pontiff to autograph a ball. The pope is reportedly a ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of St. Augustine at age 22 after graduating from ...

Cardinal Michael Czerny speaks to Bianna Golodryga about the election of Pope Leo XIV and why many cardinals “think of him as a Pope from the Americas.” ...

Though family trees show that the author is related to the new pope, there are some relatives he's less proud to havbe.

Pope Leo XIV explained his name choice Saturday, telling Cardinals he sought to uphold the working class struggles championed ...

A South Side high school and the new pope share more than just a hometown. They share a name, too. Leo High School, an ...

The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and ...

Pope Leo XIV called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.” ...

Pope Leo XIV dropped a political statement in his first conversation with the media on Monday. Among his comments was praise for, and solidarity with, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. The ...