When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered ...

Soon after the first American took over as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV made history in San Diego. For his ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, became a rare case of an American citizen serving as a foreign head of state.

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry forward" the legacy of Pope Francis' pontificate "in its essential elements." ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally thorny, position of being an American citizen who now is also a ...

One former student called the longtime University of Chicago Divinity School professor "an intellectual who loved to think." ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed a Vietnamese American bishop in the United States, selecting Auxiliary Bishop Michael Pham to lead ...

The bishop of Rome is one of many titles held by the pope. Duties related to the title are usually delegated to an auxiliary ...

Pope Leo XIV has declared himself a Roman as he completes the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome ...