Pope Leo XIV became the first American pontiff on May 8. AP For starters, Leo XIV comes from a strikingly diverse background, with ancestors born all around the world, from France, Italy, Spain ...

Ralph Fiennes has many questions for Pope Leo XIV. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, the Oscar nominee, 62, was asked about Leo, 69, watching his 2024 film “Conclave” before he was ...

Among Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s best-known works are “Tu es Petrus,” “Missa Papae Marcelli,” and “Missa brevis” ...

Vatican City, Jun 19, 2025 / 16:03 pm Pope Leo XIV celebrated the 43rd anniversary of his priestly ordination today. On June 19, 1982, Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop ...

Pope Leo XIV visits the Vatican's radio transmitter station in Santa Maria di Galeria, Italy, a Vatican extra territory outside of Rome, on June 19, 2025. Credit: Vatican Media The Holy Father ...

By AC Wimmer CNA Newsroom, Jun 19, 2025 / 10:06 am Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Shane Mackinlay — an influential voice in the Synod on Synodality — as the next archbishop of Brisbane, Australia.

Pope Leo XIV encouraged young astronomy students at the Vatican this week to “be generous in sharing what you learn and what you experience, as best you can and however you can.” ...

Pope Leo XIV held up the Mass of Pope Marcellus as an example of excellence “as well as the precious repertoire of compositions bequeathed to us by the unforgettable Cardinal Domenico Bartolucci ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated the 43rd anniversary of his priestly ordination today. On June 19, 1982, Robert Prevost was ordained a priest by Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot in St. Monica Chapel, located ...

At the Vatican on Saturday, Pope Leo urged “reason and responsibility” amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran—just hours before lighting up the jumbotron at Chicago’s Rate Field ...