The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

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

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...

How did the new pope win over his colleagues and what does he bring to the role from his upbringing in Chicago and his work ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

A couple dozen people walked through the open doors of the long-closed St. Mary of the Assumption parish Friday to see where ...

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

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

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...