The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

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

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

The first American pope arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the church in the United States.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

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

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

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

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

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.