Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

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

Paula Hambrick never imagined that in her lifetime the Catholic Church would be led by a pope from the United States, never ...

Prior to his election as Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost's social media activity suggested criticism of President Donald Trump's ...

Leo is the first pope with a pre-papal social media presence, which helps paint an early picture of his positions on various ...

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

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

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

In a reflection of the breadth of Catholic thought and belief, Nashville area Catholics express excitement and some concern ...

A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced ...

Everyone’s question — every cardinal’s question — before this week’s conclave concerned continuity with or divergence from ...

Catholics in the U.S. are used to thinking of the pope as a remote figure. Enter Pope Leo XIV, a native speaker of American ...