In 1929, Pope Pius XI negotiated with the King of Italy, Victor Emmanuel III, and Prime Minister Benito Mussolini to recognise the Vatican's independent sovereignty. The pope is the ruler of both the ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope ...

Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene ahead of Pope Leo XIV’s installation in Vatican City.

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine ... Aldo Maria Valli, a conservative Italian journalist who writes a popular blog, said he appreciated these gestures and urged ...

Rome (CNN) — Pope Leo XIV stepped out onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to thunderous applause and an electric atmosphere, to deliver his first Sunday blessing and an address calling ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine ... May the peace be with you," Leo said in Italian in his first remarks as pope. "This is the peace of the risen Christ." ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with ... dialogue and love,” Leo said in near-perfect Italian. Prevost had been a leading candidate for the papacy, but there had long been a ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican's powerful ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with ... dialogue and love,” Leo said in near-perfect Italian. Prevost had been a leading candidate for the papacy, but there had long been a ...

“It was a very active city, everyone was always doing something, and it just makes you happy.” McKay said it was special to watch people from different nations gather to wave flags and clap ...