Leo made no mention of hostages taken by Hamas from southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, as Francis usually did when praying for Gaza.Zelenskyy later had a formal audience with Leo at the Vatican and ...

Pope Leo XIV relaunched the official papal X account and quickly embarked on an impassioned tweet spree that saw him rail against war and plead for world peace. The American pope posted for the ...

Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, was appointed as bishop of Chiclayo, Peru, in 2015 and took on major leadership roles in the Vatican from 2023 through 2025: prefect for the Dicastery for ...

Cleaning up social media accounts while job hunting took an all new meaning following the election of Pope Leo XIV, who wiped his personal accounts and made his first official post as pontiff this ...

Though he was born in Chicago, Leo — then Prevost — spent two decades as a missionary in Peru before being appointed by Pope Francis in 2023 to lead the Vatican’s powerful office that vets ...

Pope Leo XIV called free speech and the press a "precious gift" as he asked for the release of imprisoned journalists. He made the comments during an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists ...

Though Pope Leo is seen as a centrist, he has expressed several progressive views in recent years, according to NPR. For example, he said at a 2023 conference that he opposes the idea of ordaining ...

Pope Leo XIV once said: "To all who sent prayers, love, and hope as I begin this sacred journey — thank you. I accept this role not as a throne, but as a vow: To serve the forgotten, To uplift ...

While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities ... influential Vatican office in 2023. “He was handpicked by ...

Leo XIV was first brought to the Vatican by Pope Francis to serve as prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops in January 2023, which is one of the most important positions in the Catholic Church ...

Chicago native Pope Leo XIV, also known as Robert Prevost, grew up in this house. Originally listed for $199,000, the home has been pulled off the market as the owner decides what to do.