Pope Leo is an avid tennis player and fan and had said earlier this week that he would be up for a charity match when it was ...

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine, also known as the Augustinians or OSA, an ...

Will Leo follow in the steps of his predecessor Pope Francis and be a progressive? Or will he be a conservative, as many ...

A special mass at St. John the Evangelist honored Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago and has deep ties to Latin America.

The election of Pope Leo XIV has roused the attention of many around the world, including those who don’t identify as ...

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

When the white smoke poured out of St. Peter's Basilica last week, 73-year-old Port Charlotte resident Louis Prevost learned ...

And the fact that this man now known as Pope Leo XIV was born and grew up in South Chicago is like icing on the cake. And he is even a White Sox baseball fan as well, prompting jokes about his ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.