"Yet, precisely for this reason, they are the places where our missionary outreach is desperately needed," said the new pope, 69, standing at the Sistine Chapel altar with Michelangelo's famed ...

standing at the Sistine Chapel altar with Michelangelo's famed fresco of "The Last Judgment" behind him. The former missionary deplored "settings in which the Christian faith is considered absurd ...

The Vatican released video images of the moments after Leo’s secret election on Thursday, showing him praying at a chapel altar and shaking hands and receiving congratulations in a sea of ...

The Vatican released video images of the moments after Leo's secret election Thursday, showing him praying at a chapel altar and shaking hands and receiving congratulations in a sea of scarlet ...

"Yet, precisely for this reason, they are the places where our missionary outreach is desperately needed," said the new pope, 69, standing at the Sistine Chapel altar with Michelangelo's famed ...

Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to work urgently to restore the faith of millions in his first homily as pope Friday, a day after the little-known cardinal become the first head of the 2,000 ...

"Yet, precisely for this reason, they are the places where our missionary outreach is desperately needed," said the new pope, 69, standing at the Sistine Chapel altar with Michelangelo's famed fresco ...