The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Pope Francis put the Catholic Church on the side of the environmental movement by embracing science and our responsibility ...

ABC7's Liz Nagy spent almost two weeks reporting from the Vatican as the Catholic Church elected Pope Leo XIV as its next ...

a divinely guided choice for the Church’s best leader at the time.” Keywords: papal conclave papacy Matthew McDonald Matthew McDonald is a staff reporter for The National Catholic Register and ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

At a conclave with many new members ... Reporting from Vatican City The cardinals electing a new pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church left the Sistine Chapel exhausted and hungry.

Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's relationship with the new pope.

At one level, it's going to be really helpful because the name he chose, Leo XIV, is important. He has been very clear about ...

Conclave actor Ralph Fiennes said he felt "flattered" when he learned the new Pope had watched the Oscar-winning film that sees his character arrange a papal gathering to elect the next head of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

I haven’t encountered any American who didn’t experience one of those sentiments upon learning a U.S. citizen became the next pope.