The Diocese of Arlington, Virginia, recently ordained 12 new Catholic priests in a joyful Mass at its cathedral.

Pope Leo XIV prayed at the Basilica of St. Mary Major following the Mass where he took possession of the Basilica of St. John Lateran as bishop of Rome.

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first homily as Bishop of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran, where he took possession of his cathedra (throne) on Sunday.

The jokes write themselves — about “da pope,” about imposing deep-dish pizza on the Italian peninsula by papal edict, about Leo’s election having been prophesied in 2006 by Dennis Green ...

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse are amplifying calls for a global zero-tolerance policy and other reforms from the American hometown of the new pope. They are also raising questions about Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV smiles to the audience as he arrives in the Popemobile ahead of the Inauguration Mass of Pope Leo XIV in St Peter's Square on May 18, 2025. Getty Images New Pope Leo XIV used one of ...

The Religious Order That Molded the Pope: The Order of St. Augustine, with fewer than 3,000 members, shaped the man who would become a cardinal, and then pope to the world’s Roman Catholics.

Vatican City, May 17, 2025 / 07:00 am. 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.

Leo XIV’s first address as Pope began with a message of peace—an act that may have contributed to the flurry of interest and excitement around him. “The signs are hopeful,” Cunningham says.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Stoyan Nenov/Reuters) But I want to reach to a place deeper than politics or cultural ...

Despite being the first pope from America, a country where the Catholic Church is known for its relative conservatism, Pope Leo XIV — who spent much of his adult life working in Peru — is ...

While Pope Francis led the call for respecting human dignity in the face of AI, it's worth looking a little deeper into the historical inspiration for Leo XIV's name choice.