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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV brings the Catholic Church closer to the United States in a way it has never been before, but with that comes a unique challenge.

The new pope's eldest brother has come under scrutiny for inflammatory political posts—here's what we know about him.

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 ...

I don’t think he is going to go, pull the church hard left,” Prevost also said. “I think he’s going to be down the middle.” ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, is a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s office ...