The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

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

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis reports on the significance of Pope Leo XIV’s name and what it hints at for the future of his papacy.

The first American pope could earn just as much as a U.S. president, but he’ll also enjoy a gilded palace complete with free ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

A couple dozen people walked through the open doors of the long-closed St. Mary of the Assumption parish Friday to see where ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with interfaith environmental networks and Indigenous organizations to place forest prot ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first phone call with his brother after he was elected the first American pontiff was caught live by a ...