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

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as pontiff. Here's what's anticipated from his papacy when it ...

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

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

New pontiff to lead first Mass at Sistine Chapel as world leaders send congratulations - The Chicago native is the 267th ...

Despite the warm embrace of his countrymen and women, the deeply divided U.S. Catholic Church may ultimately pose some of the ...

The 69-year-old chose the papal name Leo XIV, in honor of St. Leo, a fifth-century pontiff known for his devotion to the poor ...

FROM a budding maths genius in the US to an adventurous missionary in Peru – horse riding Pope Leo XIV has now reached the ...

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

The new pontiff is former Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who previously headed the influential ...

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

Pope Leo smiled broadly and waved his arms as he greeted his flock for the first time as their leader. He repeatedly clasped his hands, nodded and made a prayer gesture as waves of adoration ...