The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

Pope Leo XIV met Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner at the Vatican on Wednesday. Photos shared by Vatican News show the newly elected pope, who has described himself as “quite the amateur tennis player ...

Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a ...

Pope Leo XIV is vowing to actively promote and protect the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those ...

The quick election of a pope born and raised in the United States was a shock to almost everyone outside the Sistine Chapel ...

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

"He knows everyone, and we all know him — that made it especially meaningful."The Shrine at Saint AugustineThe shrine, run by ...

Michael J. O’Loughlin is executive director of Outreach, an LGBTQ Catholic publication, and author of “Hidden Mercy: AIDS, ...

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Rome on Friday to attend Pope Leo’s inaugural mass. The Prime Minister’s Office said in a news release Tuesday that Carney will be in Rome from May 16 ...

World No.1 men’s tennis star Jannik Sinner has met with Pope Leo XIV in a funny exchange at the Vatican. Ahead of a ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - An Evansville seminary student can say something most people never can, he’s met the Pope. It was a special moment, in the summer of 2024, for Nathan Folz and other ...

Archbishop Nelson Pérez, along with educators and pastors in the region, share their impressions and memories of the first American elected pope.