An unexpected gesture surprised Pope Leo during a meeting with the faithful. The protagonist of the scene was a devotee who, ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the ...

Pope Leo XIV met with Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio a day after formally taking his role as ...

CHICAGO - From the South Side to the Vatican, the Chicago White Sox have unveiled new artwork honoring Pope Leo XIV. Fans ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being an American citizen who now is also a foreign head of state.

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

The rules behind Pope Leo remaining a US citizen now he’s a foreign head of state - Other US citizens have served as foreign ...

VATICAN CITY — Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV called for humanitarian aid to be allowed into war-torn Gaza, decrying the violence and suffering in the Middle East during his first general audience as pope ...

Vance, a Catholic convert, had led the US delegation to the formal Mass opening the pontificate of the first American pope.

Pope Leo I helped to ensure that Catholicism would outlast the Roman Empire. His name is a reminder that our faith rises ...