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

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.

The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...

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

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.

Pope Leo XIV, now the successor of St. Peter, leads the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church in a sacred role that few others ...

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 ...

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

In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first US-born pontiff, the memes, doctored images, and ...

Louis Prevost is equal parts excited, mind blown and a little worried about how the papacy will impact his relationship with ...