The election of Pope Leo XIV brings the Catholic Church closer to the United States in a way it has never been before, but ...

The 69-year-old chose the papal name Leo XIV, in honor of St. Leo, a fifth-century pontiff known for his devotion to the poor ...

If the new pope is able to update church teachings on some hot-button issues, it will be because Pope Francis set the stage ...

The expectation is that the new Pope will continue the work of Francis in a different guise, and his name signifies this. Leo ...

ABC News’ Linsey Davis reports on the significance of Pope Leo XIV’s name and what it hints at for the future of his papacy.

Pope Leo XIV’s first homily, delivered to his fellow cardinals in the Sistine Chapel, was a mission statement about missions.

The Baltimore faithful are marking a new era of the Catholic Church amid the election of the first American to become pope.

Data from the Pew Research Center shows 20% of Americans identify as Catholic. One priest says that number could rise.

White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election by the college of cardinals on Thursday surprised millions of Catholics around the world, including ...

President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong also wrote to the new pope to congratulate him.