Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to head the global Catholic Church, pledged on Wednesday to make "every effort" for peace ...

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

Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, ...

The school's students and staff expressed shock and excitement following the recent election of the first-ever American pope.

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 ...

It still may be hard to believe, but the new pope is from Chicago. In just a few days, those who consider Pope Leo XIV their ...

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

The new supreme pontiff, elected less than a week ago, is expected by some to continue Pope Francis' legacy, while those more ...

In a letter to Rabbi Noam Marans of the American Jewish Committee, Pope Leo XIV expressed his intention to strengthen ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

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