The pontiff expressed sympathy and regret over the murders and wished for peace in the region after the tragic attack left over 40 people dead.

Pope Leo XIV has not yet had a chance to let his personality break through in a defining way. Yet if history is any guide, ...

Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with ...

CBS News senior correspondent Norah O'Donnell is watching and waiting to see how Pope Leo XIV widens Francis' legacy of ...

Oklahoma Roman Catholic leaders explore the commonalities between Pope Leo XIV and Blessed Stanley Rother, men who each ...

The first American pope arrives at the papal summer retreat to work on his encyclical, with suggestions it should avoid ...

NCR readers respond to stories about women in the church, a new bishop and the USCCB's reaction to the Trump presidency.

Pope Leo said on Thursday he hopes to travel to Turkey later this year for the 1,700th anniversary of a major Christian ...

Pope Leo XIV on Sunday celebrated a special feast day traditionally used by the Catholic Church to drum up donations ... the United States has been the greatest source of donations to Peter ...

The shy 69-year-old Augustinian missionary has eschewed the headline-grabbing protagonism of past pontiffs in favor of a quieter, less showy and more reserved way of being pope.

Pakistan, June 22 -- VATICAN CITY - Pope Leo, the 14th leader of the Christian community, has called for an end to wars and urged humanity to seek peace following recent attacks on nuclear sites ...

The Pope’s paternal grandfather, Salvatore Giovanni Gaetano Riggitano (1876-1960), immigrated to the United States from Sicily in 1903 and became a teacher of Romance languages, particularly ...