Paula Hambrick never imagined that in her lifetime the Catholic Church would be led by a pope from the United States, never ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American ...

The Catholic Church has a new leader and congratulations are pouring in as Pope Leo XIV prepares to celebrate his first Mass.

If the new pope is able to update church teachings on some hot-button issues, it will be because Pope Francis set the stage ...

Because of the pope’s role to maintain the fullness of tradition and the unity of the Church, a pope cannot be conservative ...

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

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, spoke with ABC7 Friday to reflect on his first papal conclave and the ...

We’re learning a lot more about the new pope from those who know him well: family, friends and fellow missionaries.

Now that he is Pope Leo XIV, his words on the National Eucharistic Congress, Pope Francis, synodality, and more have taken on extra significance. Here are some highlights from the videotaped interview ...

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

The newest Pope is taking his Chicago roots with him to Vatican City, drawing in the attention from people all over the ...