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Francis challenged the ethnonationalism of the U.S. Catholic right. With the election of Leo XIV, the battle lines are being ...

The election of the first US pope is a godsend to businesses in Rome, as big-spending pilgrims flocking to the Vatican are ...

US Vice-President J.D. Vance will lead a US delegation to attend the inaugural Mass on Sunday of Pope Leo, the first US pontiff, who was critical of President Donald Trump and Vance before taking ...

Nothing compares to the pageantry of a papal election, not the coronation of a British monarch, a presidential inauguration ...

Donald Trump said that the election of Pope Leo XIV was a surprise choice and that the selection of the new pontill from the ...

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception will celebrate a special “Mass of Thanksgiving upon the ...

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...

The new pope's eldest brother has come under scrutiny for inflammatory political posts—here's what we know about him.

Regarding America broadly, here are Leo XIII’s thoughts on the United States in 1895: He “esteemed and loved exceedingly the young and vigorous American nation, in which We plainly discern latent ...

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV this Sunday, May 18 in the Vatican City.