Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and ...

Pope Leo grew up in a suburb of Chicago on the South Side and his childhood home was up for sale with the owner taking it off ...

His tally was rising with each round of voting, while support for the early front-runner—Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin—was ...

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, an ally of President Donald Trump, played the role of “kingmaker” in the selection of Pope ...

Before he became Pope Leo XIV, he was just Robert to his older brothers, Louis and John Prevost. Now, the newly elected Pope, ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

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

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

Italian is such an expressive language: Asked about the image of Trump as pope, Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York declined to say whether he was personally offended, but “As the Italians say, it was ...

The pope’s maternal grandparents, both of whom are described as Black or mulatto in various historical records, lived in the ...

After Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV and the first pontiff from the United States, an image spread across social ...

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