Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday and chose Leo XIV as his papal name.

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

Pope Leo is set to hold a mass in Chicago on June 14 to ‘offer a special video message to the young people of the world,’ ...

In her latest column installment, Chan analyzes the rise of conservative Christian nationalism and reflects on why the new ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Vice President JD Vance met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the first time since their squabble in the Oval ...

Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio attended Pope Leo XIV's inaugural mass in St. Peter's Square, ...

There is no reason why Pope Leo XIV would broker peace between Putin and Zelenskyy just because the president of America ...

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass ...

That the greatest defenders of American values are the incumbent British monarch and the Vicar of Christ is a great irony.

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...