The Pope's Cultural Role. The pope also has a more direct role on everyday Americans, in the sense that he is the head of a church followed by 20 percent of the country.

The choice of a U.S.-born cardinal as pope has sparked discussions among American Catholics, including Boston.com readers. When we asked if they were surprised a U.S.-born cardinal was elected ...

Saturday Night Live’s latest Trump sketch sparks outrage after mocking Catholicism and implying Vice President JD Vance caused Pope Francis’ death.

There’s an American pope, and he’s just like us. At least, we really, really want him to be The former Bob Prevost is hardly just another guy from Chicago.

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. citizen who is also a foreign head of state.

T he ascent of Pope Leo XIV to the head of the Catholic Church immediately brings to mind Paolo Sorrentino’s 2016 drama series The Young Pope.Starring Jude Law in its lead role, The Young Pope ...

At least five generations of his father’s ancestors were born in Sicily, including the pope’s grandfather, Salvatore Giovanni Gaetano Riggitano Alito, in 1876. He most likely immigrated to the ...

The clerk’s office discovered a Declaration of Intention form signed by Pope Leo XIV’s paternal grandfather, the first step in becoming a U.S. citizen.

Pope Leo’s childhood church, St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s south side, is in a state of disrepair and in danger of foreclosure, but its opportunistic owner now has a new vision for ...

Pope Leo’s hometown in the south suburbs was hit with economic hardship after the collapse of the steel industry on the Far South Side. But residents hope their new fame can spark opportunity.