Pope Leo has officially hard launched his papacy. The new pontiff, 69-year-old Chicago native Robert Prevost, shared a message Wednesday from the official @Pontifex account on X for the first time ...

Heather Schmit-Jaroch and Dominic Jaroch; ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty The news of Pope Leo XIV's election hit one suburban Chicago couple a bit differently. Why? Because he married them over a ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While Pope Leo XIV has deleted the account he began as Father Robert F. Prevost on Twitter, now X, in 2011, the Vatican has launched new accounts for him on X and Instagram.

X's Global Government Affairs team welcomed the Catholic leader to the platform, stating: "A heartfelt welcome to His Holiness Pope Leo XIV on X! We are deeply honoured to have you join the Global ...

Heather Schmit-Jaroch and Dominic Jaroch with Pope Leo XIV in 2014; Pope Leo XIV after his election ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff, will offer to host leaders from Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican to broker a peace deal in their ongoing war, a top Catholic official said Friday ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” and that the unborn and elderly enjoy dignity as God’s ...

You don’t have to be the pope to arrive at that conclusion. Pope Leo is seen as likely to follow suit. In April, an X account identified with the new pontiff made a post critical of the Trump ...

If his new name is anything to go by, he will not shrink from confrontation. Leo X excommunicated Martin Luther. And Leo I, known as Leo the Great, travelled north from Rome to eyeball Attila the ...

Leo's immigrant background influences his call for compassion Pope's speech covers peace, justice and religious freedom Leo condemns arms trade and urges multilateral diplomacy VATICAN CITY, May ...