Catholicism has rarely been more prominent in US politics as the Trump administration openly embraces advisers and officials ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Robert Prevost, is the first American pontiff. He was elected on Thursday, less than three ...

A viral clip from the 2005 World Series captures future Pope Leo XIV, then Father Robert Prevost, showcasing his loyalty as a ...

All four of Pope Leo XIV’s maternal great-grandparents were “free people of color” in Louisiana based on 19th-century census ...

News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his ...