In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV's election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago's pizza and more loaded ...

An interview with a brother of Pope Leo XIV conducted by a journalist for The Associated Press was interrupted when the new pontiff called his sibling via FaceTime from Rome. NEW LENOX, Ill. (AP) — It ...

Pope Leo was among several cardinals who turned to the film “Conclave” for pointers prior to the start of the election this ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American ...

Canada's cardinals who sat in conclave say Pope Leo XIV has the qualities needed to unite the Catholic Church. Genevieve ...

Americans gathered in St. Peter’s Square on May 8 to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, spoke with ABC7 Friday to reflect on his first papal conclave and the ...

For cardinals who came from such different parts of the world, it was a feat but also an act of unity to elect someone in less than 24 hours, Cardinal Wilton Gregory told the press. "I think we did ...

The powerful Big Apple cardinal served as “kingmaker” for fellow US Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, rallying support in ...

New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan told Inside Edition about the emotional moment inside the secret conclave when the first U.S.-born pope in history was elected.

Three cardinals agreed that, despite conventional wisdom that dismissed the possibility of a US pope, Leo's US citizenship ...