Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

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

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

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

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 ...

With the election of the new Pope Leo XIV, Pensions & Investments reviewed the financial standing of the United States ...

Almost a week after Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the new Pope Leo XIV, people are still talking about the first ...

Pope Leo XIV emphasized the importance of global peace on Wednesday, as President Donald Trump is pitching himself as a ...

The motto of one newly elected American world leader: " Fight! " The other introduced himself to the world with his first ...

Editor and Publisher Dan Evans talks about how the Napa Valley Register localized the announcement about the new (American) ...

Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead ...