Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner had an audience with the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, himself a keen tennis player.

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

The regnal name that Cardinal Robert Prevost chose, Leo XIV, has beautiful and powerful resonance for anyone familiar with ...

Pope Leo XIV relaunched the official papal X account and quickly embarked on an impassioned tweet spree that saw him rail ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

COMMENTARY: It’s worth noting that the Pauline Chapel, one of three in the Apostolic Palace, is pictured in the Holy Father’s ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

While he seems to be followng in the footsteps of Francis, Robert Prevost is more elusive than his predecessors who ascended ...

The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Yes, the newly minted pontiff—formerly known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native—made history as the ...