Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

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

President Trump joked about becoming pope, but could he actually lead the Catholic church? Here's what it takes to become the ...

U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, ...

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 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

President Donald Trump embraced Robert Prevost’s election as the Catholic Church‘s next pope. Prevost is the first U.S.-born ...

It seems that Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, has previously condemned President ...

It’s sad both for the White House and for the president,” one cardinal said. “I mean, he makes themselves ridiculous, right?” ...

Trump did win the Catholic vote in the 2024 election - he received 56 percent of it over the 41 percent given to Kamala Harris, according to the Catholic Herald. Some 53 million U.S. adults are ...