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

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

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

Every pope brings a distinct vision and agenda for leading the church. Making change is difficult in the Catholic Church, but ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

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 ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

The Baltimore faithful are marking a new era of the Catholic Church amid the election of the first American to become pope.

A couple dozen people walked through the open doors of the long-closed St. Mary of the Assumption parish Friday to see where ...