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

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 ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Philadelphia Filipinos had been rooting for Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle to be the next pope and are disappointed.

The first American pope could earn just as much as a U.S. president, but he’ll also enjoy a gilded palace complete with free ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

A new pope has been elected, and in a major surprise, an American has been chosen for the first time. Robert Francis Prevost ...

ABC News’ Linsey Davis reports on the significance of Pope Leo XIV’s name and what it hints at for the future of his papacy.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis is in Vatican City where Pope Leo XIV has become the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church’s ...

How did the new pope win over his colleagues and what does he bring to the role from his upbringing in Chicago and his work ...