In his first meeting with the College of Cardinals on May 10, the Pope confirmed he took the name to honor Pope Leo XIII, who ...

Pope Leo XIV has seen and experienced the Church in more contexts than perhaps any other person currently living...’ ...

A few hours earlier, John Prevost had watched the TV in stunned disbelief as his younger brother emerged on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and was named Pope Leo XIV. Journalists quickly ...

The last non-European pontiff before him was Pope Gregory III, who reigned from 731 to 741 and was born in what is now Syria. With a span of more than 1,270 years between them, Pope Francis’s ...