When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value ...

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

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

The Survivors Network of Those Abused by Priests is calling for the new pope to impose a zero-tolerance policy.

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

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

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

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

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

An invitation has already been extended to Pope Leo XIV to attend this year’s COP30 U.N. climate conference in Brazil.

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

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