Leo, the first American pope, is an avid tennis player and fan and had said earlier this week that he would be up for a ...

By some measures, the world’s most religious countries are mostly in the Middle East, South and Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan ...

The pope’s favorite baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, congratulated the pontiff on its jumbotron following his election.

Gibson, of Fordham, said another factor that might throw off the traditional resistance to an American pope is the election ...

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa is a Vatican outsider, but his experience in a region sacred to three major religions may ...

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

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a ...

To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor of Peru for decades, who spoke Spanish ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...

Pope Leo XIV will preside over his inaugural mass today in front of St Peter’s Basilica, which marks the formal start of his ...