The election of Pope Leo XIV brings the Catholic Church closer to the United States in a way it has never been before, but ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

The 69-year-old chose the papal name Leo XIV, in honor of St. Leo, a fifth-century pontiff known for his devotion to the poor ...

Data from the Pew Research Center shows 20% of Americans identify as Catholic. One priest says that number could rise.

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, was elected the 267th pope after two days of deliberations at the papal conclave.

A new pope has been elected, and in a major surprise, an American has been chosen for the first time. Robert Francis Prevost ...

Pope Leo smiled broadly and waved his arms as he greeted his flock for the first time as their leader. He repeatedly clasped his hands, nodded and made a prayer gesture as waves of adoration ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...