Though family trees show that the author is related to the new pope, there are some relatives he's less proud to have.

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By Tiziana Campisi The pectoral cross worn by Pope Leo XIV on the day of his election, the 8th of May, carries a powerful ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and raised in the south suburb of Dolton, where even his old house has become a point of pilgrimage.

A lot of my friends are calling it the Villanova Vatican,” said Caroline Pirtle, a Villanova University junior who interned at the Vatican this semester and just returned home to Minneapolis Thursday ...

The first U.S.-born pope, Leo XIV, acknowledged the weight of his new role during his inaugural Mass in the Sistine Chapel.

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

The 133 cardinals are expected to vote again in the morning after spending the night sequestered at the Vatican residences.

The conclave- which comes from the Latin for ‘cum clave’, or ‘locked with key’ – sees 133 cardinals secluded inside the Sistine Chapel until a vote is reached. They have no phone or internet access ...