Robert Prevost, elected as the first American pope in history on Thursday, decided to take the name Leo XIV.

The vice president "didn’t make the point he thinks he made,” one critic wrote on social media.

The story that dominated the Catholic news headlines in 2025 was, of course, the death of Pope Francis and the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. These were NCR's most read — not necessarily the most ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV fixed a technical glitch on Friday in a Vatican law that became problematic after Pope Francis named the first-ever woman to head the Vatican City State administration. Leo ...