Rome/Vatican [ENA] On 12th of May Pope Leo XIV met in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican about 5,000 journalists and media operators . The Pontiff thanked those present again and was greeted with applause and a shout of 'Long live the Pope'. Pope Leo XIV meeting the representatives of the media who arrived in Rome for the Conclave, quoted his predecessor Francis and said: "Dear friends, we will learn to know each other better over time.   [Full story...]

Rome/Vatican [ENA] Pope Leo XIV, in Latin Leo PP. XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost; Chicago, 14 September 1955), since 8 May 2025 is the 267th Pope of the Catholic Church and Bishop of Rome, 9th Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Primate of Italy, in addition to the other titles proper to the Roman Pontiff. In 1975 Robert Prevost was a Chicago math teacher, a devout Catholic and had been accepted into Harvard Law School.   [Full story...]