ABC News’ Linsey Davis is in Vatican City where Pope Leo XIV has become the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church’s ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

From priests on pogo sticks celebrating in St. Peter’s Square to the crowd outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York, the ...

Pope Leo XIV has positioned himself as a unifying figure amid geopolitical tensions. WSJ’s Margherita Stancati explains how ...

The new pontiff and Bernard Hebda, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have exchanged letters but ...

But many people in the square looked puzzled at first, and the complete lack of phone coverage meant that most couldn't look ...

Father Donohue was busy himself on Thursday. He happened to be in Chicago, the new pope’s hometown, for a Villanova alumni ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

Known for her pro-abortion stance, former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said the Catholic Church might have female ...

A new pope has been elected, and in a major surprise, an American has been chosen for the first time. Robert Francis Prevost ...