First lady Melania Trump joined President Donald Trump to visit victims of the Texas floods Friday, July 11.

Pope Francis’ biggest legacy regarding synodality is “as a style, an attitude that helps us to be Church,” Pope Leo XIV said Thursday in a meeting with synod leaders.

The sitdown would mark the first face-to-face meeting between Trump and Zelensky since April, when the two huddled at St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City during Pope Francis’ funeral.

Pope Leo attends Pope Francis’ funeral in Vatican City on April 26. Getty Images “I’d like to know what he thought,” the “28 Years Later” star continued.

Pope Leo XIV, recently chosen to take over for the late Pope Francis, is a Chicago White Sox fan. As is perhaps fitting for the first American pope in history.

Pope Leo XIV told cardinals at the Vatican last month that artificial intelligence “pose[s] challenges to human dignity, justice and labor.” ...

Pope Leo XIV wore cufflinks, which Pope Francis had largely avoided, along with an amitto, which is a lacy linen cloth that goes around the neck at his inaugural Mass on May 18.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Andrea Riccardi said he believes Pope Francis anointed Pope Leo XIV as his successor.

This week two prisoners currently serving sentences in Rome’s Rebibbia prison obtained special permission to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s general audience.

During a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV received a hat of his alma mater, Villanova, from the National Italian American Foundation.

The cardinals who elected Pope Leo XIV weren’t looking for a carbon copy of Francis—or for someone who would depart dramatically from Francis in tone and style. They wanted a pastor: a ...