Pope Leo XIV has taken over the Vatican's official social media handles, with a first Instagram post on Tuesday repeating the ...

A family of seagulls — two adults feeding a chick — had gathered by the papal chimney a couple of minutes before white smoke ...

Trump has abandoned, and seeks to undermine, many pillars of America’s moral leadership, so Leo’s new papacy comes at a critical time as the church and the world look for a leader who will inspire and ...

The new pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American to be elected leader of the Catholic Church. Hear from our correspondent in Rome, as well as reaction from around ...