One of the many titles that Leo assumed when he was elected May 8 was bishop of Rome. Given his responsibilities running the ...

The first American pope formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, which is Rome’s cathedral and seat of the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman, the last step in the process of establishing himself as the supreme pontiff of the ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

Election records earlier reported by CBS News reveals how often the new pope has voted in the past. The records, from the ...

Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

For more on Pope Leo XIV and what he means for both the church ... And, Kim Daniels, what does the rather quick election of Pope Leo suggest about the cardinals' priorities and the direction ...

American Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV after being elected as the 267th pontiff of the Holy Catholic Church. College of Cardinals elected the 267th pope on Thursday The ...

The new pope, formerly Robert F. Prevost, has a mixed voting history, casting ballots in both GOP and Democratic primaries.

Leo’s election came as a complete surprise in Chicago. The city of 2.6 million people has long been known as a Catholic bastion in the United States. But a pope from the nation was regarded as u ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church's 2,000-year history while congratulations ...