The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV hasn't forgotten his responsibilities as a Peruvian citizen: He updated his national registration information Friday with his new Vatican address and a headshot.

The Vatican announced today that Pope Leo XIV has appointed Rev. Pedro Bismarck Chau as a new auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Newark, while accepting the resignation of Bishop Gregory J. Studerus.

Pope Leo XIV met on Friday at the Vatican with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians.

Pope Leo XIV is visiting the papal summer palace south of Rome. His visit is fueling speculation about whether he will use it himself to escape Rome's heat or keep the hilltop estate as a museum and environmental center.

The night before he became the first American leader of the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost did normal things just like the rest of us — he played games on his phone with his brother John Prevost and he watched the 2024 Vatican-set,

Pope Leo’s photo of him accepting a gift from a stranger is causing quite the stir. The newly elected Pope has been ever since he was appointed as the bishop of Rome. He has visited the 4 major basilicas,

Pope Leo XIV is the latest public figure targeted by peddlers of false information about Burkina Faso and its leader, Ibrahim Traore. Viral posts on social media claim to share a video of the pope reading a speech in response to a letter from the Burkinabe military leader.

A video of Pope Leo addressing media professionals has been altered to show him praising Burkina Faso’s military leader Ibrahim Traore.

Pope Leo addressed members of various peace movements, whom he received May 30 at the Vatican. Pope Leo XIV on Friday stated that authentic peace “takes shape from the ground up” when the differences and conflicts they entail “are not set aside but acknowledged, understood, and surmounted.”