Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. There has never ...

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín, who welcomed the decision to fly flags at half-mast over public buildings, said there should be an official period of mourning, pointing to steps taken in Spain, Cuba and ...

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

Leo XIII was the 256th pontiff and the most recent to share the same name as the man appointed to serve as the new Pope on ...

Two significant fires in Metro Vancouver last weekend left dozens of people scrambling to find places to live, but the community has stepped up to help. As Angela Jung reports, a fundraiser was held ...

(RNS) — In taking the name Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost — Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his ...

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV’ s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with ...

Cardinal Prevost's choice of the name Leo links him to Leo XIII, a 19th-century champion of social justice. It also recalls ...

And, this morning (9 May), the world got to hear his singing voice in his first-ever mass since being appointed. Have a ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected Pope Leo XIV to become the first pope from the US. Read a recap of the events of May 8.

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