Bishop Vann also had a private audience with the pope earlier this month, giving him a gift box prepared by local children.

Matthew Bunson's Portrait of the First American Pope: Leo XIV and Christopher White's Pope Leo XIV: Inside the Conclave, Dawn ...

The pontiff is viewed more favorably across party lines, although "consistent with the ideological differences in his ratings ...

Stories about "the first 100 days" are standard fare at the beginning of a U.S. president's four-year term; the articles ...

When he took the papal name Leo XIV, it was widely suggested by Vatican commentators that the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was sending a message.

Past papal elections and the subsequent honeymoon period of the new pope have, in general, brought increases in donations to ...

As Pope Leo XIV approaches the 100-day mark of his papacy on Saturday, Mississippi’s Catholics are largely ecstatic about the ...

Pope Leo XIV told one of the youngest priests in Spain, recently-ordained Father Miguel Tovar, 24, to never lose “the joy of ...

Augustinians planned to honor Cardinal Robert Prevost with an award this month. Then he became Pope Leo XIV. The boat of ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday told more than a million Catholic youths at a closing Mass for a weeklong encounter with ...

Fluent in English, Spanish and Italian, Pope Leo XIV has so far preferred to speak Italian in public settings. Some Vatican ...

What's it like to live next to a pope's childhood home? It's full of challenges -- and opportunities, neighbors say. Adora Namigadde reports from Pope Leo's former home in Dolton, Illinois.