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

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

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

“The former St. Mary of the Assumption building is unique for its connection to the youth of the first American pope, but it ...

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

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

At this moment of change and possibility, four principles that Francis lived, and that Leo XIV has begun to echo, must guide ...

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

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

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