Pope Leo XIV gave an initial blessing to the idea of the Vatican Tennis Invitational, wryly adding, “Just don’t bring [Jannik ...

The first American pontiff has special circumstances but may want to file a return even if he doesn’t owe anything ...

To celebrate the election of the 267th pope — the first American-born pontiff — the Detroit Free Press has crafted a ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

Despite being the first pope from America, a country where the Catholic Church is known for its relative conservatism, Pope ...

Live‘s Weekend Update had its fun with the headlines this week, including the naming of the new sovereign of the Vatican City ...

W.Va., has introduced a House resolution to celebrate the election of the first-ever pope born in the United States.

Eire suggested that one of the reasons Pope Leo was chosen is that he is not a “full-blown American.” Despite being born in ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday ...

No one did more to hide Joe Biden’s decline than his wife, Jill, the first lady, according to a new book that details how she ...

Little more than 24 hours after the papal conclave began, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, became the first American pope, taking the name Leo XIV. Leo succeeds Pope Francis ...

A map shows the areas of the U.S. where Catholicism is on the rise, with certain regions experiencing a much higher influx ...