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

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 ...

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

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

In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope ...

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

President Donald Trump embraced Robert Prevost’s election as the Catholic Church‘s next pope. Prevost is the first U.S.-born pontiff in history. “Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis ...

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 ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...