The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S.

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

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

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 ...

ABC News’ Linsey Davis reports on the significance of Pope Leo XIV’s name and what it hints at for the future of his papacy.

Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, is a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s office ...

President Trump joked about becoming pope, but could he actually lead the Catholic church? Here's what it takes to become the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, ...

This previously devout cradle Catholic has lost her patience with a church that has sold its soul over a single issue. | ...

President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated image of himself dressed as the pope. The post has since received criticism ...

President Donald Trump embraced Robert Prevost’s election as the Catholic Church‘s next pope. Prevost is the first U.S.-born ...