Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...

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

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

Pope Leo XIV is being described by Cardinal Timothy Dolan as a "citizen of the world" who will seek to build bridges with ...

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ ...

Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship ...

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his predecessor.

The journey of Bob Prevost of the South Side of Chicago to Pope Leo XIV of the Holy See could not have been foreseen when the ...

Pope Leo XIV is preparing to celebrate his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church while congratulatory messages ...

Andrea Amodeo-Vickery said she was there for the beginning of the conclave and had the chance to walk around St. Peter's Basilica.

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent. He sent ...