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

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday ...

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

The post also showed how much more secular Americans have become since John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president ...

President Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social Monday – following news of Pope Francis's death – that he and ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

Cardinal Maung Bo, the archbishop of Yangon, in Myanmar, told ABC News he hopes Pope Leo XIV will be able to "build a bridge" with President Donald Trump. Both days will attract large crowds and ...

Donald Trump has a busy weekend ahead. When will he arrive in Rome? Will he play golf in New Jersey? Celebrate Melania's birthday? What to know.

Heads of state and royalty will begin converging on Rome for Pope Francis’ funeral in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people who will meet ...