Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

In Peru, he is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help ...

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, led his first mass as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Leo XIV held his first ...

Watch live as Pope Leo XIV holds his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church on Friday (9 May). The 69-year-old ...

As Pope Leo takes office, a new Pew survey finds most U.S. Catholics want a more inclusive church on issues like birth ...

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Archbishop Kuigi also applauded the new Pope’s inaugural message to the faithful, in which he called upon all people to ...

When white smoke rose out of the Vatican on Thursday, Catholics in Roanoke were watching from their screens in delight as ...