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 U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely rare, and legally ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

The bishop of Rome is one of many titles held by the pope. Duties related to the title are usually delegated to an auxiliary ...

Pope Leo XIV's dual role raises questions about US citizenship. Experts suggest his citizenship is safe unless he renounces ...

The way the news of the new pope’s heritage was made public speaks to the complexity of discussions of race in the U.S.

A viral video claiming to show Pope Leo XIV criticizing US Vice President JD Vance is fake. The video shows the Pope ...

One of the many titles that Leo assumed when he was elected May 8 was bishop of Rome. Given his responsibilities running the ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, has become the first U.S.-born pontiff and now leads both the Holy See and ...