The name also conjures memories of one of the most distinctive of all papal canvases, Raphael’s 1518-20 group portrait of Pope Leo X with two of his cardinal cousins (one of them a future pope ...

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 ...

On Thursday, he ascended to become Pope Leo XIV — the first pontiff from the United States. Prevost, 69, had to overcome the taboo against an American pope, given the geopolitical power already ...

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

He was the 232nd pope. Pope Leo X, born in Italy as Giovanni de’ Medici, held the papacy from 1513 to 1521. He was the 217th pope. During his time as pope, he headed a massive project to ...

Pope Leo XIV will maintain “an active social media presence” on the official papal accounts on the social platform X and Instagram, the Dicastery for Communication announced Tuesday.