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, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

If the new pope is able to update church teachings on some hot-button issues, it will be because Pope Francis set the stage ...

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.

A new chapter begins for the Catholic Church, as Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff — delivers his first mass inside ...

“The former St. Mary of the Assumption building is unique for its connection to the youth of the first American pope, but it ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV brings the Catholic Church closer to the United States in a way it has never been before, but ...

The new pontiff, who was chosen as leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday (May 8), has travelled extensively in Asia where ...

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

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

In a day of dramatic news this week, one of the biggest stories was the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new Pope ...