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

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.

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

How did the new pope win over his colleagues and what does he bring to the role from his upbringing in Chicago and his work ...

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 ...

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

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

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, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, led his first mass as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Leo XIV held his first ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — Walkiria Garcia was 14 years old when she made her confirmation in the Catholic Church, an already ...

As Pope Leo XIV laid out his vision for the papacy in an address to the College of Cardinals, he also explained why he picked ...