Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural mass Sunday, May 18, with world leaders and a crowd of 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. Following the death of Pope Francis on ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural mass was held Sunday in St. Peter’s Square. The new pope, a Chicago-born former missionary in Peru, is the first American to lead the Catholic Church. He has pledged to ...

Pope Leo XIV has taken aim at autocrats causing war and unrest across the globe, in his first speech after his inauguration as the head of the Catholic Church. Addressing hundreds of thousands of well ...

The Mass for the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate will be celebrated on Sunday, May 18, at 10 a.m. Rome time in St. Peter’s Square. The liturgy will mark the official beginning of his ...