I share an ancestral connection with Pope Leo XIV. What does that story say about race, religion, and ancestry in America?

The village of Dolton, a suburb just south of Chicago and the hometown of Pope Leo XIV, is seeking to acquire his childhood ...

The language barrier has helped maintain an air of unreality around the papacy in the U.S. That is about to change.

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

The former childhood home of Pope Leo XIV is on the market for auction, but the village of Dolton, Illinois, plans to intervene to preserve the site's historical significance.

Pope Leo XIV’s old community of Dolton is finding hope in his election after years of violence and corruption for the suburb ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American-born pope, said his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — 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 ...

Born in Chicago, Leo XIV is the first pope ever to hail from the United States. But for Peruvians in the northern city of Chiclayo, he is a hometown ... carry forward the legacy of his predecessor ...

"I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!" Chicago's Mayor Brandon Johnson, the current leader of Leo’s hometown, posted his excitement ... "A spiritual legacy that ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...