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

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters ...

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

Pope Leo XIV says he chose his papal name as a nod to the Catholic Church‘s last Leo, who stood as a source of stability and ...

The new pope has suggested he plans to be a champion of the working class just as Pope Leo XII was during his time leading ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...