Pope Leo XIV tops a new Gallup poll on world leaders, appealing to U.S. residents broadly in a politically divided -- and divisive -- nation.

Pop singer Madonna wants Pope Leo XIV to go to Gaza to save “innocent children” in the war zone. The American singer — full name Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone — penned a letter to Pope Leo Monday to ...

The musical artist Madonna has called on Pope Leo to travel to Gaza amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis, asking him to ...

Pope Leo has approved measures benefiting Vatican employees, expanding paternity leave, the rights of parents with disabled ...

Pope Leo XIV is calling for the release of eight hostages in Haiti, including a 3-year-old boy and a longtime Irish missionary who remain in captivity after being abducted from a mountaintop orphanage ...

Bishop Anthony Ireland has been appointed as the new Archbishop of Hobart, becoming one of the first bishops selected by Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV approved expanded benefits for Vatican employees with children, formalizing the five-day paternity leave granted ...

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

Young Catholics from Brooklyn and Queens joined an estimated 1 million fellow pilgrims for the Jubilee of Youth in Rome ...

But Burch is likely to find himself in conflict with the new pontiff, who is more moderate than Francis but still so far ...

After a two-day conclave, the cardinal electors chose Robert Francis Prevost to lead the church on May 8, when he took on the name Pope Leo XIV and became the first American to be named pope. Leo has ...

"(He) devoted his life to the service of God and the church, bringing the light of the Gospel to various areas of life and ...