This means Leo believes a united church faithful to Jesus Christ is essential to the mission of the church in proclaiming the ...

In his first speech from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8, Leo said the cardinals chose him “to be the successor ...

Leo XIV's inaugural mass at the Vatican will see him presented with two symbolic items in front of royalty, world leaders and ...

His red shoes did not go unnoticed by fashion commentators. At one point, the Vatican had to make a statement quashing rumours that his footwear was designed by Prada. Pope Benedict XVI ...

he famously said when asked about his attitude toward gay men and women, comments that differed sharply from those of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI ... left huge shoes for the church to ...

Videos from first appearances of new popes during the 20th century show them wearing the red mozzetta, as Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II did in 1978, for instance. Pope Benedict XVI in ...

This will be Leo's opportunity to lay out the type of pope he will be. But these solemn religious ceremonies are also huge ...

Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

While he seems to be following in the footsteps of Francis, Robert Prevost is more elusive than his predecessors who ascended to the throne of Peter.