As is tradition after a new pope is elected, Pope Leo XIV presided over his first eucharistic celebration as pontiff on Friday morning in the Sistine Chapel with the cardinal electors in attendance. Wearing black shoes and a pastoral cross made for Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV gives his homily while celebrating his first Mass as pope with the cardinals who elected him in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican May 9, 2025. (CNS/Vatican Media) Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied ...

New pontiff to lead first Mass at Sistine Chapel as world leaders send congratulations - The Chicago native is the 267th leader of the Catholic Church — and viewed as a progressive successor to Franci

Leo XIV celebrated ... Thursday became the 267th pope, spiritual head of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and successor to Argentina's Pope Francis, after a secret conclave by his fellow cardinals in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel. "The American pope ...

Newly installed Pope Leo XIV will hold a Mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, a day after he was elected as the surprise choice to be the leader of the Catholic Church, becoming the first American pontiff.

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first North American pope in history, taking the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born prelate was chosen after four rounds of voting on the second day of a conclave comprising a record 133 cardinals that was expected ...