Pope Francis was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III.
Cyclists receive Pope Leo XIV's blessing in historic Giro d'Italia finale
Pope Leo XIV blessed 159 cyclists in the Giro..
Pope Leo XIV reopens sealed papal apartment but will he live there?
Pope Leo XIV has reopened the papal apartment,..
Robert Francis Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, becomes the first American pontiff with deep Latin American ties. Born in Chicago, the..
Black smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday night, signaling no pope was elected in the first vote of the Vatican..
Disinformation and conspiracy theories circulate as papal conclave begins
Cardinals gather Wednesday in Rome’s Sistine..
