Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

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 ...

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

The new pontiff has already given some hints about his priorities as head of the Catholic Church — among them are peace, ...

Maggie Haberman told CNN anchor Jake Tapper that Pope Leo XIV's views could "lead to tensions" with President Donald Trump after a relatively calm start.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Saturday that if the United States' goal is to deprive Iran of its "nuclear ...

When Villanova University’s president, the Rev. Peter Donohue, was nearing graduation as a theatre student, a future pope ...

As a U.S. citizen, the man formerly called Cardinal Robert Prevost technically is required to file returns to the IRS.

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new head of the Vatican and his home country remain in its early days, Pope Leo ...

The Trump White House had perhaps a surprising reaction to past criticism of the president by newly elected Pope Leo XIV.

An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude was reported Saturday morning in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, western North Carolina and elsewhere, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and local ...

Outsiders cannot know what was in the minds of the cardinals who elected Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, that made them choose ...