New Pope Leo XIV was celebrated with prayers and congratulations from Catholic leaders and politicians in Iowa.

A new pope has been elected, and for the first time, he's from the United States. Now, the metro's Catholic community is ...

Pope Leo is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know ...

The state’s Catholic bishops are calling on the half a million Catholics in Iowa to pray for Pope Leo XIV, the first American ...

Chicago-born Robert Prevost was elected as the new pontiff of Catholic Church, making him the first American pope.

Bishop William Joensen with the Des Moines Diocese shared his reaction to the selection of a new pope at a meeting Thursday ...

The students, who watched the Pope’s first public appearance from their bus, say this experience already feels once in a ...

Bishop William Joensen of the Diocese of Des Moines says he hopes Pope Leo XIV lights a "fire" within the Catholic Church.

Every weekday St. Ambrose Cathedral in Downtown Des Moines has a church service at noon. On Thursday, as people were walking ...

During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their ...

For the first time in its 2,000-year history, the Roman Catholic Church has elected a pope from the United States — and ...

St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Des Moines is celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, marking a new chapter for the Catholic Church.