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

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 ...

The Catholic Church has issued a warning to its clergy in Washington state: Any priest who complies with a new law requiring ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

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.

Incoming Pope Leo XIV faces what some call the most-challenging environment for religion in China since Mao Tse-tung.

The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

But “I can now say it,” John Prevost, one of two brothers of Pope Leo XIV, said in an interview Thursday with ABC News.

Priests are required to report child abuse or neglect to Washington state law enforcement after learning about the crime ...

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

Pope Francis did not act as a steward of that faith, but as an improviser. Under his pontificate, clarity was displaced by ...