“Americanism” has often been called a “phantom heresy”, blamed on a French translation of a biography of Father Isaac Hecker, ...

Pope Leo' election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

Donald Trump post this AI produced image of himself in the vestments of the pope to his social media accounts — X, Instagram, ...

Americans greeted Pope St. John Paul II with open arms during his seven visits to the United States. Pundits often ... than the Polish pontiff. Pope Francis received a more tepid response during ...

The United States was always seen as having too much power and representation ... He will carry forward the legacy of Pope Francis,” said the Rev. Thomas Reese, a U.S. priest and expert on the Vatican ...

The new Pope has been revealed as Robert Francis Prevost of the United States, the first American pontiff in history. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected as the pope of the Catholic Church, taking the name Leo XIV.

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

Prevost, 69, was considered a contender for the papacy but was largely overlooked by many bettors and experts in favor of other cardinals, including Pietro Parolin and Luis Antonio Tagle.

In a historic moment for the nearly 2,000-year-old Catholic Church, the first-ever pope from the United States was elected on Thursday. President Donald Trump took to social media to congratulate the ...

Elected pope in 2013, Francis was known as a humble reformer who worked to make the Church more inclusive and was concerned with the poor. Here's a look at Francis' time in the United States ...