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

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 ...

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

Pope Leo XIV’s election by the college of cardinals on Thursday surprised millions of Catholics around the world, including ...

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

Pope Leo XIV’s first homily, delivered to his fellow cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, was a mission statement about missions.

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

Some Catholics believe the previous pope helped bring more young people to the Catholic faith. The question is whether that ...

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

Celebrating Pope Leo XIV and his new spot in the Vatican Church, members of Saint Andrew Catholic Church off 37th Avenue ...

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

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