Pope Leo XIV embraces a Roman tradition by praying for peace at a statue of the Madonna near the Spanish Steps ...

Christmas carols in every language and culture are expressions of how music can convey “feelings and emotions, even the deepest movements of the soul,” Pope Leo XIV said after listening, clapping and ...

As he prepares for his first foreign trip, Pope Leo had a message for Americans on the eve of Thanksgiving. NBC News’ Molly Hunter reports. A Daughter Says They're Struggling Financially, But She ...

Pope Leo XIV presides over Mass at Sant'Anselmo all'Aventino monastic complex in Rome, on the 125th anniversary of the dedication of the Sant'Anselmo church to St. Anselmo d'Aosta. -/IPA via ZUMA ...

St. Charbel Makhlouf is depicted in a mosaic at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Credit: CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz Forty miles north of Beirut, nestled in the Lebanese mountains, is Annaya ...

ISTANBUL (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV is set to touch down in Istanbul at the end of November before visiting Lebanon for his first international trip since his papal election in May. The pontiff will visit ...

The minute sports fans found out there was a new American pope and he’d been born in Chicago, every American sports fan had one thought: was he a Cubs or White Sox fan? Soon, news emerged that he was ...

Pope Leo XIV has made his first visit to a mosque since his election, and while he removed his shoes as a sign of respect, he did not appear to pray. On Saturday, Leo went to the Blue Mosque in ...

The pope chose a region rife with religious divisions and conflict for his first trip abroad. He arrived in Lebanon on Sunday after a few days in Turkey. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, the Rome bureau ...

Pope Leo XIV got an unforgettable Thanksgiving surprise on a flight to Turkey when CBS correspondent Chris Livesay gifted him a bat once used by White Sox legend Nellie Fox. Thanksgiving turned into ...

IZNIK, Turkey —On the second day of his inaugural foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited the site where early Christian leaders met 1,700 years ago for the First Council of Nicaea — the gathering that ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrating Mass at the waterfront in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday.Credit...Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times Supported by By The New York Times Leo XIV, the first pope from the ...