This Thanksgiving, Pope Leo is making his first overseas trip as pontiff. He started in Turkey, where he called for tolerance between different peoples and religions.

The Antichrist. The name itself is enough to instill dread into the hearts of all devout Christians as well as others. It is a name that was ever connected to the negative, the malicious, and the ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV’s Augustinian religious order elected a new prior general Tuesday, tapping another American to lead during the pontificate of history’s first American pope. The Rev. Joseph ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By NICOLE WINFIELD VATICAN CITY (AP) — When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu ...

Pope Leo XIV waves as he arrives to hold a Pentecost vigil in St. Peter’s Square at The Vatican, Saturday, June 8, 2025. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP.) Listen ROME — When Pope Leo XIV surprised ...

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A new dawn for Catholicism has been entered following the election of the 267th pope, Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first North American and United States born pope in papacy history. With 23% of Texans ...

Ever since the installation of Angelo Roncalli as Pope John XXIII in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, followed by pope as caretaker. John XXIII declared ...

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Pope Leo XIV has spent his first two weeks in office slowly speaking to the press, unfurling his vision for the papacy and going about his job. He’s also making sharp statements, discussing social ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS)–Launching his papacy with a call for reconciliation and communion, Pope Leo XIV formally began his ministry as the successor of St. Peter by calling for “a united church, a sign of ...

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV called for unity in an increasingly divided world yesterday during his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square, marking the official start of his historic papacy as the first ...