ROME, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Pope Leo celebrated the largest event yet of his nearly three-month tenure on Sunday, encouraging a ...

Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, was a hit with many young people, with a style that put aside pre-prepared speeches to ...

Chicago-native Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the new Pope on May 8, following Pope Francis’ death on April 21. The 69-year-old took the papal name Leo XIV. Since then, Catholics from ...

The first pope, Saint Peter, was born in the region known as present-day Israel. Around the year 97, Pope Saint Evaristus, also from the Middle East, took his place as the human head of the Church.

Pope Leo XIV; the unsealing of the papal apartments; Pope Francis. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty; Vatican News/Youtube; Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Video footage of the moment the ...

Later, the pope had an official meeting with President Raul Castro, Castro's brother. Pope Francis meets with former Cuban President Fidel Castro at Castro's resident in Havana, Sept. 20, 2015.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. Americans packed St. Peter’s Square on Sunday to see one of their own begin his reign as pope. Vice President J. D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

Pope Francis shakes hands with Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque and University, during a document signing at an interreligious meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu ...