In his first formal audience on Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope Francis, to make the Catholic Church inclusive, attentive to the faithful, ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church's 267th pope had special meaning for a group of students at an international Catholic school in Rome.

Pope Leo XIV has made his first public appearance since his election, traveling to a sanctuary south of Rome that is ...

Leo told cardinals he chose his papal name as a homage to Leo XIII, a 19th-century pontiff who had defended workers' rights.