The pope is many things, by definition and as a byproduct of his job description. The bishop of Rome. The worldwide leader of ...

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

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

Leo’s brother John Prevost told the Times on Thursday that he knew “for a fact” that the new pope was “not happy with what’s going on with immigration.” ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

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 ...

A tweet has been circulating on X of Pope Leo XIV allegedly reposting a tweet about Kanye West’s album Jesus Is King.

The newly appointed Pope Leo XIV condemned Russia's war against Ukraine in an interview on May 9, characterizing it as "a ...

The new pontiff has already given some hints about his priorities as head of the Catholic Church — among them are peace, ...

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss ...

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new ...