Pope Leo XIV is both the first American pope and the first boomer pope, and any projections about what his papacy will look ...

Tens of thousands of faithful Catholics gathered in St. Peter’s Square to watch Pope Leo XIV deliver the first Sunday ...

This pope will make mistakes; don’t we all? But on this day, Melinda Henneberger looks to him with great hope. | Opinion ...

Contrary to early reports, the new pontiff isn't a Cubs fan — and the Sox faithful couldn't be prouder. "It's a dream," Helen ...

I am a Peruvian who embraced America, and the pope is an American who embraced Peru.

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The reaction across the internet from Catholics and non-Catholics ranged from serious to comedic, finding humor in the fact ...

Evangelical and other Protestant leaders have provided a range of reactions to the election of Pope Leo XIV, from some ...

More than a dozen members of the Gary Memorial United Methodist Church in Wheaton already traveling in Rome witnessed papal ...

"I think people will be very impressed with him," Villanova president Peter Donohue said of the new pope, who graduated from ...

In the right-wing loon-o-sphere, the reaction to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becoming the first American-born pope has ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...