VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV took his first popemobile ride through St. Peter’s Square ahead of his installation on ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, called for peace in Gaza and Ukraine at his inaugural mass.

The Saturday processions were held to mark the Jubilee of Confraternities. Two processions total marched through the Roman streets and ended at the Circus Maximus ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first ...

“I don’t think at all it represents some disdain for the Catholic Church ... Holy See, declined to comment. This story was updated May 5, 2025, at 5:14 p.m. ET with Trump’s comments on the ...

Mr. Trump is not Catholic, but his wife, Melania Trump, is Roman Catholic. Mrs. Trump was apparently fond of the image of her husband ... intelligence shows he is a church leader who grasps ...

New York’s Catholic leaders have denounced President Donald Trump for his artificial intelligence-generated image of himself as the pope, reflecting public outcry about the insensitivity of ...

U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a firestorm of criticism from leaders of the Roman Catholic Church after posting on social media a computer-generated image ... of the Holy Spirit for the ...

ROME — As Catholic cardinals prepare to choose a successor to Pope Francis, church leaders, politicians and pundits blasted President Donald Trump on Sunday for sharing an AI-generated image of ...

The White House on Saturday posted an AI-generated image of U.S. President Donald Trump depicted as the leader of the Catholic Church, a couple of days after he jokingly said “I’d like to be pope.” ...

The president has joked about being the next pontiff, but the image, which appeared to be ... may not have intended to insult the Catholic Church, Mr. Poust said, “It does cause offense.” ...

On Friday, the president posted an AI-generated image of himself as the pope on ... himself a nondenominational Christian. The Catholic Church's cardinals, including Dolan, are set to gather ...