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

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Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

The Republican described the president as "an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption, and shame" in a social media post.

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new head of the Vatican and his home country remain in its early days, Pope Leo ...

The Trump White House had perhaps a surprising reaction to past criticism of the president by newly elected Pope Leo XIV.

Catholicism has rarely been more prominent in US politics as the Trump administration openly embraces its advisers and ...

A tweet has been circulating on X of Pope Leo XIV allegedly reposting a tweet about Kanye West’s album Jesus Is King.

Here are the top stories from the U.S. government this past week. The United States and the United Kingdom have reached a new ...