Pope Leo XIV made history as the first American pope in the many centuries since Catholicism was introduced to the U.S. As his busy schedule begins to take shape, many are already wondering when might ...

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

The Vatican said some 200,000 people attended the Mass at St. Peter’s Square, which marked the start of the pontificate of ...

There have been just seven papal elections in the last 100 years, with more than a quarter-century passing between the election of Pope John Paul II in October 1978 and that of his successor ...