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.

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

Experts had said it was to be a short conclave, but no one expected to have a new Pope that quickly. Leo XIV (born Robert ...

Riggitano was a teacher at the Quincy Conservatory of Music and lived down the street from his sister at 836 Maine with the ...

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

Leo XIV (center) is the fourth non-Italian pope in a row, symbolising the Church’s true universality. (Photo: Vatican Media) The election of Pope Leo XIV — the first North American and the first ...

Nonplussed that cardinals had elected yet another non-Italian pope, she said she was happy Leo came to the central balcony of the basilica, so the crowd could see him face-to-face. "What's good ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of hostages and delivery of humanitarian aid. In his first Sunday noon blessing as ...

NPR's team wraps up their time in Rome by wrapping up the conclave that elected the first American pope, and looking ahead.