Pope Leo XIV

The first American pope said he had quickly found his footing, but discovered the diplomatic job of the papacy was more challenging.

Several LGBTQ groups participated in the pilgrimage to the Vatican for the Jubilee Year, the once-every-quarter century celebration of Catholicism.

Carlo Acutis was just 15 when he died of leukemia in Milan in 2006 and has two miracles attributed to him by the Catholic Church.

The audience was significant because it showed a sign of continuity with Francis, who more worked to make the Catholic Church a more welcoming place for LGBTQ Catholics.

Pope Leo XIV spoke in English as he denounced the attack and the “logic of weapons” fueling wars around the world.

Leo is the first Augustinian friar to become pope, and he has infused his speeches, homilies and messages with the saint’s teachings and values.

Leo has shown the same informal spontaneity as Pope Francis, but has carved out a message all his own.

In his closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, Leo remembered the young people of Gaza and Ukraine and other countries at war who couldn't join their celebration.

Leo displayed his fluency in speaking to the kids in Spanish, Italian and English about the dangers of social media, the value of true friendship and the need to have courage to make radical choices like marriage or religious vows.

A personal-size Aurelio’s pie made it all the way to the Vatican and into hands of the first American pontiff.

The Israeli shelling that blasted through that sanctuary drew an unusually direct response from both the U.S. and the Vatican.