Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston. President Trump has been lobbing insults at Pope Leo XIV in ...

Frank Klassner was at a retreat with his colleagues at Villanova University last May when they learned a university alumnus had been elected the next leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Five months ...

For the first 11 months of this pontificate, observers attempting to decipher Pope Leo XIV were left mostly to interpret the pope's subtle decision-making rather than frame bold proclamations on the ...

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd gathering as he arrives to meet with bishops at the Parish of our Lady of Fatima in Luanda on the eighth day of an 11-day apostolic journey to Africa, on April 20, 2026 ...

When white smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel on May 8 2025, the surprise was immediate. The Catholic Church’s leadership had elected its first pope born in the United States, a former Augustinian ...

Pope Leo XIV meets with Dame Sarah Mullally, Archbishop of Canterbury in the Vatican on April 27, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen Relations between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion ...

The Leo Rivas experience is becoming one of the strangest Mariners storylines in the best possible way. It’s watching a player come into a game ice cold, sitting in a 2-for-23 funk, and somehow still ...

WHAT SHE CAME HOME WITH WAS BEYOND HER BIGGEST HOPES. AT BLESSED SACRAMENT SCHOOL IN WALPOLE, A 60TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION NOW COMES WITH A BLESSING FROM THE VERY TOP. PRINCIPAL MARILENA MARTUCCI ...

Social media has been abuzz with claims about Pope Leo XIV since he became leader of the Roman Catholic Church in May 2025. Below is a collection of 18 rumors involving Leo that we've investigated.

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE — Pope Leo expressed frustration Thursday that U.S. and Iranian leaders have not been able to get the diplomatic efforts to end the war back on track. Subscribe to read this ...

Pope Leo XIV on Thursday denounced the Iranian regime’s killing of protesters but stressed that, “as a pastor,” he cannot support the US-Israeli war with Iran. The pope’s remarks, made to reporters on ...

"As a pastor, I cannot be in favor of war," Pope Leo XIV said about the war in Iran during his airborne press conference upon his return trip to Rome. "If there is regime change or no regime change, ...