Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Christmas since he became pontiff. At Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, Leo urged people to care for the poor and for migrants. Georgia official responds to 315,000 ...

The Christmas 2025 celebrations at the Vatican are being led for the first time by an American, Pope Leo XIV. NBC’s Molly Hunter reports for TODAY with a closer look at the Chicago-born pontiff and ...

VATICAN CITY (WLS) -- Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his first Christmas as pontiff. Pope Leo thanked the crowds gathered at the Vatican as he presided over Christmas Mass. It's the first ...

The experience was almost surreal. A Chicago priest climbed aboard the iconic popemobile alongside the Holy Father, the two longtime friends traversing the cobblestone plaza of St. Peter’s Square at ...

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Reactions to the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago as the first American pope, Pope Leo XIV: ...