Pope Leo XIV, 69, started a six-week long vacation at the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo Sunday, getting out of the Roman ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday heads to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation , giving the hilltop town of Castel ...

Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse. He has appointed a French ...

Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome. It's his first break ...

Behind the name Pope Leo and its ties to social justice 01:59. Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the new pontiff and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.. There are no written rules or ...

See young photos of Pope Francis and follow his journey from priesthood in Argentina all the way to papacy in Vatican City, in the wake of his death on April 21, 2025.

In order to become a pope, a candidate need only be Catholic and male. However, for centuries, popes have only been chosen from among the Catholic cardinals, the church's most senior officials.

On May 8, moments after the world learned that an American cardinal named Robert Francis Prevost was becoming Pope Leo XIV, my inbox was flooded with emails. For the past 13 years, ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American, has been elected as Pope Leo XIV, succeeding Pope Francis. Catholics across Massachusetts expressed joy and hope, anticipating continuity with Pope ...

How Pope Francis changed the rules for papal burial 02:20. Vatican City — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter's Basilica that ...

After Pope Francis’s death at the age of 88, the process of electing the next pontiff will begin. Cardinal electors, the vast majority of whom Francis appointed, will choose a candidate under ...