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.

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.

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 ...

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

At this moment of change and possibility, four principles that Francis lived, and that Leo XIV has begun to echo, must guide ...

The first American pope could earn just as much as a U.S. president, but he’ll also enjoy a gilded palace complete with free ...

More than a dozen members of the Gary Memorial United Methodist Church in Wheaton already traveling in Rome witnessed papal ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native, known for being reserved and private, brings a different style to the papacy compared to his ...