ROME - The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of his predecessors.

Ever since an American Pope was chosen, the Catholic world has been elated. After Pope Francis’ demise, the new pope was selected by the cardinal electors. On May 8th, Pope Leo XIV addressed the crowd from the balcony of the chapel as people came to greet him.

U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, in his first address to world diplomats, said on Friday that the dignity of migrants had to be respected, possibly putting himself on a collision course with the administration of U.