To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope, became a rare case of an American citizen serving as a foreign head of state.

“Americanism” has often been called a “phantom heresy”, blamed on a French translation of a biography of Father Isaac Hecker, ...

Pope Leo XIV's dual role raises questions about US citizenship. Experts suggest his citizenship is safe unless he renounces ...

The rules behind Pope Leo remaining a US citizen now he’s a foreign head of state - Other US citizens have served as foreign ...

The bishop of Rome is one of many titles held by the pope. Duties related to the title are usually delegated to an auxiliary ...

The way the news of the new pope’s heritage was made public speaks to the complexity of discussions of race in the U.S.

A viral video claiming to show Pope Leo XIV criticizing US Vice President JD Vance is fake. The video shows the Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, has become the first U.S.-born pontiff and now leads both the Holy See and ...