Trump, Obama, other US political leaders embrace first pope from the United States. Several American political figures welcomed the unexpected emergence of the first pope from the United States.

Oklahoma Roman Catholic leaders explore the commonalities between Pope Leo XIV and Blessed Stanley Rother, men who each ...

The first American pope arrives at the papal summer retreat to work on his encyclical, with suggestions it should avoid ...

NEW YORK (AP) – Conventional wisdom holds that no one from the United States could be elected pope, that the superpower has more than enough worldly influence without an American in the seat of ...

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That’s more than any other nation except Italy, home to 17 of the electors in the conclave choosing a ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, May 8, 2025. (Reuters, Stoyan Nenov) ...

It is certainly safe to say that a meeting between the president of the United States and the first American pope would indeed be, as the president suggests, ...

There had long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States in the secular sphere. But Prevost, a Chicago native, ...

President Donald Trump's recent joke that he would "like to be pope" aside, the chances do not appear great that the next pope will hail from the United States. The College of Cardinals will ...

Pope Francis’ predecessors were more closely connected to the United States. John Paul II, who took office in 1978 and led the church for 27 years, saw the United States as a partner in the ...

The Spanish-speaking pope arrived in the United States via Cuba, where he had met with Fidel Castro in what the Vatican described as an “informal and friendly” encounter.

Pope Francis made a lasting impact during his 2015 visit to the United States, visiting Washington D.C., New York City, and Philadelphia. A girl named Gianna Masciantonio, who was battling a brain ...