Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, was a hit with many young people, with a style that put aside pre-prepared speeches to ...

The pontiff is viewed more favorably across party lines, although "consistent with the ideological differences in his ratings ...

The Chicago-born pope said that a gathering of young faithfuls in Rome was a "sign that a different world is possible." ...

When he took the papal name Leo XIV, it was widely suggested by Vatican commentators that the former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was sending a message.

Pope Leo greeted over 100,000 youth from 146 nations in Rome’s biggest Catholic event since his election. At Tor Vergata, ...

Pope Leo XIV told one of the youngest priests in Spain, recently-ordained Father Miguel Tovar, 24, to never lose “the joy of ...

Stories about "the first 100 days" are standard fare at the beginning of a U.S. president's four-year term; the articles ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over a final mass in Rome for over one million young people on Sunday, the culmination of a youth ...

Brian Burch, former longtime president of CatholicVote, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday as the Ambassador to the ...

ABC's Lana Zak recaps the final day of the pope's U.S. visit in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA -- Pope Francis is back at the Vatican in Rome after a busy 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States.

ROME -- Pope Francis endorsed same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope while being interviewed for the feature-length documentary "Francesco," which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film ...

Rome -- Pope Francis created 14 new cardinals Thursday at a ceremony at the Vatican. Francis said these new cardinals, who hail from 11 countries including Iraq, Poland, Pakistan, Portugal, Peru ...