With more than 61 million Catholics and the second-highest number of cardinals after Italy, a guessing game is emerging on whether an American could be elected pope.

Pope Leo may bring unique insight to the problem of polarization in the U.S. and in the U.S. church, analysts say.

By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -In his first month, Pope Leo has taken a very different approach to his predecessor ...

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

During a meeting on Wednesday at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV received a hat of his alma mater, Villanova, from the National Italian American Foundation.

I haven’t encountered any American who didn’t experience one of those sentiments upon learning a U.S. citizen became the next pope.

The 266th pope built an unexpected economic legacy through bold critiques of capitalism and banking systems. Francis' vision ...

How will Leo’s formative three decades in the United States before life in Peru and Rome shape his church of 1.4 billion souls? Yes, the cardinals must be thinking an American could solve the Holy See ...

The rules behind Pope Leo remaining a US citizen now he’s a foreign head of state - Other US citizens have served as foreign ...

Vice President JD Vance had immigration, faith and American families on his mind after visiting the new pope. The Ohio native spoke to New ... "millions and millions" of people living in the United ...