Catholics are surprised and delighted in Chicago, where the church's influence persists despite declining numbers.

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

Rome (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is the first pope from the United States. The 69-year-old from Chicago is known as a leader with global experience. He spent ...

Pope Leo XIV may be the first American pope, but he spent many years of his life in Peru. NBC News' George Solis takes a look ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

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The faithful in Los Angeles, America’s most Catholic city, were delighted — and a little stunned — to learn a Chicago-born ...

The old parish church buildings on Chicago's far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and launched ...

On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope, choosing the name Leo XIV. It will take time to get used ...

Sister Mary Thomas, Congregational President of Mission Service at Avera McKennan, said she was surprised when she got the ...

The tariffs that President Trump has imposed on several countries also include the rum-producing and exporting Caribbean ...