The election of the first US pope is a godsend to businesses in Rome, as big-spending pilgrims flocking to the Vatican are ...

No sooner had the first American pope been selected Thursday than a modern tradition unfolded: the scrubbing of Robert Francis Prevost’s X feed. Previously a little-known cardinal from the Chicago ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.

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The 19th reports that newly elected Pope Leo XIV, the first American to hold the papacy—as well as the first Peruvian citizen ...

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

Conclave is over and we have a new pope. We have highlighted some of the best reactions on the internet to Pope Leo XIV.

The digitally altered video claims the pope called Trump's policies "a hideous manifestation of white supremacist ideology." ...

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Pope Leo’s hometown Dolton was hit with economic hardship following the collapse of the steel industry on the Far South Side.