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

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

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

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.

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 ...

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

But many people in the square looked puzzled at first, and the complete lack of phone coverage meant that most couldn't look ...

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

Scrutiny about the way the latest pope might run the Catholic Church started the moment he stepped on to the balcony.

One of the most pressing issues facing Pope Leo XIV is tackling sexual abuse by clergy in the Catholic Church - and ...

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