Vice President JD Vance said this week he didn't want to get political about new pope Leo XIV, calling his election "a great ...

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

Prior to his election as Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost's social media activity suggested criticism of President Donald Trump's ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

Friends of the new American pope are signaling how he might tackle thorny political issues on the world stage. An X account ...

“DA POPE!” blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city’s unique accent, ...

Born in the Windy City in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an altar boy and was ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Hints as to what postures Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, might take on some of the most controversial issues ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV is in a new job that will have many crossovers into politics. It's a realm not entirely unknown to ...

"I know he's not happy with what's going on with immigration," a brother of the new pope said. "I know that for a fact." ...

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...