Pope Leo XIV’s hometown of Chicago will celebrate the election of one of its own as leader of the Catholic Church.

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

That Pope Leo XIV is a Chicago White Sox fan and likes to play tennis are already known. But the most pressing sports ...

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV’ s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with the late Pope Francis’ global ministry.

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

Twenty days into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV’s appointment style remains largely unknown—but his years leading the Diocese of ...

From priests on pogo sticks celebrating in St. Peter’s Square to the crowd outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, the ...

University of Dayton Associate Professor of Religious Studies and author of The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular ...

Who knows how Pope Leo XIV will play on the world stage ... was nevertheless broadly popular with his flock there, as with the non-Catholic population. The U.S. is bound to embrace its native ...