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

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...

Pope Leo XIV has a history sharing criticisms of Trump and Vance on social media, raising questions about his future ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

While Trump rushed to the White House driveway to praise the Chicago-born and Villanova-educated Leo, his legion of fans were ...

Pope Leo XIV is being described by Cardinal Timothy Dolan as a "citizen of the world" who will seek to build bridges with ...

In a historic moment for the nearly 2,000-year-old Catholic Church, the first-ever pope from the United States was elected on ...

The post also showed how much more secular Americans have become since John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president ...

It’s sad both for the White House and for the president,” one cardinal said. “I mean, he makes themselves ridiculous, right?” ...

US President Donald Trump posted an AI image of himself as the pope, prompting accusations of poor taste in the Roman ...