Vice President JD Vance refused to talk politics about the newly elected pope on Friday, calling his election a "great thing.

In a new interview, John Prevost, Pope Leo XIV's brother, revealed what he plans to refer to his brother by now that he is the new pope.

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Father Gerry Waterman said his Syracuse University congregation erupted when they learned Pope Leo XIV ...

Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto joined KCRA 3 on Friday to discuss the ascension of Pope Leo XIV, saying he was “startled” by news of the first American pontiff in history. “I didn’t think an American ...

"For many years, he used to come and go," the Rev. Thomas Vathappallil of St. Rita's in Racine County said about Pope Leo Friday.

The memes, image edits and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago's pizza and more loaded than its hot ...

"The other countries in the world can suck it. Because the Pope's American!" Bill Maher says on HBO's "Real Time" ...

Scrutiny about the way the latest pope might run the Catholic Church started the moment he stepped on to the balcony.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, has become the first American pope. Known for his active presence on X, he ...

Chicago’s Bishop John Siemianowski joins WGN Radio’s Dave Plier to talk about Chicago’s own Pope Leo XIV, the expected direction of the Catholic Church and is the new Pope a Cubs fan or Sox ...

Pope Leo's first mass at the Vatican Friday mirrored thousands of Catholic masses held around the world.Many of them prayed for Pope Leo by name for the first time, including ...

A Southern Illinois University professor said he believes the new pontiff will carry on the mission of Pope Francis.