The cardinals who are electing the next pope sometimes look as ideologically polarized as many secular voters around the ...

Notre Dame Provost John McGreevy said he expects some tension between the Vatican and the White House over immigration and ...

Deepening unity among Catholics will be the greatest challenge facing the next pope, who will be elected as early as ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

The new supreme pontiff, elected less than a week ago, is expected by some to continue Pope Francis' legacy, while those more ...

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

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 new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Will cardinals continue Pope Francis' progressive ways or will they turn back the clock in favor of traditionalists?