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

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich participated in the conclave that elected Robert Prevost to lead the Catholic Church as pope.

Pope Leo XIV is officially opening his pontificate in a ceremony Sunday that blends ancient ritual, evocative symbols and a ...

The last pope to take the name Leo was Leo XIII, an Italian who led the church ... 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)(Gregorio Borgia / AP) Leo was expected to celebrate Mass with cardinals in ...

Pope Leo XIII reportedly wept upon entering the room ... “Maximum three days,” predicted Salvadoran Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chavez. However, Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne, Germany ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) FILE - Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful ... during the Western Schism were Clement VII, Benedict XIII, Alexander V, and John XXIII. The schism was ultimately ...

Credit: AP/Gregorio Borgia ... would not be an American pope because of geopolitical implications,” said Morrill, a Jesuit priest. Morrill also noted that Leo XIII issued the first modern ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony ... said Robert Prevost’s choice of the name of Leo XIV, referencing XIII and his foundational encyclical on social ...