Pope Leo XIV. Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in the Church's 2,000-year history on May 8, 2025. The 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order chose the papal name ...

Actor Ethan Embry was born in Huntington Beach, California, today in 1978. This birthday star portrayed Coyote Bergstein on ...

President Donald Trump usually touts his conservative judicial legacy, and he possibly owes no one more than Federalist Society leader Leonard Leo for that. But as Trump raged over a three-judge ...

Pope Leo XIV biography launches in Rome; book available now from EWTN May 23, 2025. EWTN officially launched the first authoritative biography of Pope Leo XIV during an event at the Vatican on May 22.

Pope Leo XIV acknowledges a Chicago flag in the crowd, waved by Leo Karmanos, as he arrives for his installation Mass in St. Peter's Square on May 18, 2025, at the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his inaugural mass today in front of St Peter’s Basilica, which marks the formal start of his papacy. JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Volodymyr Zelenskyy are attending.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, called for peace in Gaza and Ukraine at his inaugural mass.

An open-topped popemobile carrying Pope Leo XIV drove through St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday morning, ahead of his inaugural mass.

Church attendance since Leo’s election has doubled in places, including at Villanova University, the pope’s alma mater. Leaders at Catholic schools and foundations have begun talking about how ...

Leo XIV’s inaugural mass will be held May 18 in St. Peter’s Square at 10 a.m. Vatican time, and he will hold his first general audience May 21. What Were Leo Xiv’s First Words As Pope?