When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered ...

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry forward" the legacy of Pope Francis' pontificate "in its essential elements." ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, on Thursday made his first American bishop appointment as he named Bishop Michael Pham as bishop of San Diego, California. Pham, 58, is currently an ...

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

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. A lifelong supporter of Argentine club San Lorenzo ... his compatriots Diego Maradona and ...

The most pressing sports question for many locals inside the Vatican and surrounding Italy concerning the first American pope ...

Pope Leo XIV cast doubt on the assumption that he’s a Roma fan during a private audience with freshly crowned Italian ...

Ball and the rides were fun, but not as much as winning prizes on the big wheel at Lucky Leo’s. I won my first baseball glove ...

Soon after the first American took over as leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV made history in San Diego. For his ...