In choosing his motto and coat of arms, Leo references the Order of St. Augustine, to which he belongs. He uses the ...

The Louvre, after midnight. A crystal chandelier flickers over a long table set for ten; Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace ...

Pope Leo XIV met JD Vance, the US vice-president, after calling for peace in “martyred Ukraine”. On Sunday morning, Mr Vance ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, began his papacy with a richly-symbolic inaugural Mass, celebrated at the Vatican before a crowd of 150,00 people.

The 69-year-old pope offered a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before 150,000 people, ...