The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

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

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

While the Catholic Church's College of Cardinals is still ... the election of the Polish Pope John Paul II in 1978, the first non-Italian pontiff in 455 years, marked a significant paradigm ...

Editor's note: White smoke from the chimney of the ... His successor, Pope John Paul II, was Polish, the first non-Italian pope in 455 years. With the election of Parolin, the church would return ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...

Contenders for pope emerge from the U.S., Asia, and Africa—raising the chance of a non-European successor to Francis.

When the Associated Press reported on Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio's election as Pope Francis, they noted that Bergoglio was first non-European ... 2025, an Italian church historian said that ...