Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday ...

Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United States ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

The post also showed how much more secular Americans have become since John F. Kennedy, the nation’s first Catholic president ...

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

President Trump said on his social media platform Truth Social Monday – following news of Pope Francis's death – that he and ...

Pope Leo made his first trip outside of the Vatican, stopping at the tomb of his predecessor, Pope Francis, laying a single white rose.

Cardinal Maung Bo, the archbishop of Yangon, in Myanmar, told ABC News he hopes Pope Leo XIV will be able to "build a bridge" with President Donald Trump. Both days will attract large crowds and ...

Donald Trump has a busy weekend ahead. When will he arrive in Rome? Will he play golf in New Jersey? Celebrate Melania's birthday? What to know.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Heads of state and royalty will start converging on Rome on Friday for the funeral of Pope Francis in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square, but the group of poor people who will meet ...