The Catholic office overseeing the Gaza church with which the late Pope Francis communicated daily has shared with Newsweek a message following the selection of a new pontiff in the midst of the ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

The new pope also delivered an urgent call for the removal of barriers to the flow of food, medicine, and other essentials to the Palestinian enclave. With that message, spoken just three days ...

I never bothered to find a count of livestreams on the Internet waiting for the white smoke that would billow to indicate that a new pope for the Catholic Church had been chosen, but I saw enough ...

The Russian president extended his “cordial congratulations” to the new pope in a message published on the Kremlin’s website, wishing him “success in fulfilling the high mission entrusted ...

Pope Leo XIV's online footprint was quickly dissected, sparking mixed reactions from the right over posts seemingly critical of Trump and Vance.

The tradition of popes taking new names upon their election is one of the most recognizable customs in the Roman Catholic ...

Once Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the news anchors and reporters and podcasters — and anyone else with an excuse or a budget to go to Rome — have gone home, ...