The pope was persuaded to do the viral gesture that many schoolteachers and parents across the globe will likely recognize.

Pope Leo was met with applause from a crowd of young people at the Vatican after hitting the viral move.

Disagreements on major issues between Pope Leo and JD Vance prompted us to start reporting on a possible story. The stakes went up recently when Vance and President Donald Trump began criticizing the ...

John F. Kennedy understood while running for president in 1960 that he needed to talk about the relationship between the pope and American Catholic politicians like himself. Back then, no Catholic had ...

HDS Professor Raúl Zegarra joins The Harvard Religion Beat to explore and analyze Pope Leo's first year as leader of 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 ...

A new book marks the first anniversary of Leo XIV’s election with a closer look at the papal son of Chicago’s melting pot.

Knoxville Catholics are celebrating Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, as he nears one year leading the Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion global followers. Parishioners at the Church of the ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Pope Leo XIV spoke out against Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who had ...

Pope Leo XIV arrives to hold a Mass near Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon, April 17, 2026. Credit: OSV News photo/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters “Pope Leo is widely seen in Cameroon as a deeply ...

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 ...