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

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

While in Rome for research for a new book on the Catholic Church, a USC history professor was there as Pope Leo XIV addressed ...

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

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

A new law signed by Democratic Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson poses a danger to religious liberty and a sacred trust of ...

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

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.

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 ...

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

Philadelphia Filipinos had been rooting for Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be the next pope and are disappointed.

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 ...