Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis on Saturday, just two days after being elected new head of the Catholic Church and hours after vowing to humbly follow in his predecessor's footsteps. Born ...

In his first speech from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8, Leo said the cardinals chose him “to be the successor ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost, the pope told assembled cardinals a pontiff was “a humble servant of God and of his brothers and sisters, and nothing more than this”. He praised Francis’s ...

From Chicago to Rome. From Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to Pope Leo XIV. From humble servant of God to the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. Habemus papam — we have a pope.

Leo XIV visited an Augustinian sanctuary near Rome Saturday in his first outing since being made pope, after telling cardinals he intended to follow his predecessor's path as pontiff, praising ...