CHICAGO — A group representing victims sexually abused by Catholic priests alleged on Tuesday that Pope Leo XIV has exhibited a “pattern of failure to properly investigate abuse claims ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and to actively promote the spirituality and traditions of the ...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican's official social media handles, with a first Instagram post on Tuesday repeating the first words he said to the world as pope: "Peace be ...

Pope Leo XIV made history last week as the first American elected to lead the Catholic Church. While he now presides over a flock of 1.4 billion people worldwide from within Vatican City, there ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — The historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, provided a real-time teaching moment for Catholic school students across northwest Ohio this week ...

(WDBJ) - When white smoke rose out of the Vatican Thursday, Catholics in Roanoke were watching from their screens in delight as 69-year-old Robert Prevost of Chicago was elected as the new pope.

He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first American pope and is seen as a diplomat in the church. "This is the first greeting of the ...