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

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

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead ...

In Peru, he is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, led his first mass as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Leo XIV held his first ...

Watch live as Pope Leo XIV holds his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church on Friday (9 May). The 69-year-old ...

Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago but spent two decades as a missionary in Peru, said a few words in English before ...

A new chapter begins for the Catholic Church, as Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff — delivers his first mass inside ...