Pope Leo XIV, the newly elected pontiff, must answer to at least one more higher power: the IRS. The United States generally requires all citizens to file an annual tax return, even those who live ...

While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis. By Tim Balk When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

Editor's Note: For the latest updates onPope Leo XIV's first full day as pontiff, visit USA TODAY's coverage for Friday, May 9. Pope Leo XIV marked his first full day as leader of the 1.4-billion ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call. The new pope — who calls John every day — was well aware of the global ...

Pope Leo XIV made a surprise visit Saturday to a sanctuary south of Rome that is dedicated to the Madonna and of significance to his Augustinian order. Townspeople of Genazzano gathered in the ...

Our live coverage of Pope Leo’s first mass as pontiff has wrapped for the day. Read more about the day’s events here. The Diocese of Chiclayo in Peru — where Robert Prevost once served as ...

Vatican City — Pope Leo XIV says he chose his papal name as a nod to the Catholic Church‘s last Leo, who stood as a source of stability and guidance during the industrial revolution.

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A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced the day after stunning the world with the election of the first pope ...

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana. When his maternal great-grandmother was just a baby, she was baptized in 1840 at ...

As a result, Leo had a prominence going into the conclave that few other cardinals have.One aspect that some thought would work against him, however, is that he’s American. Given the ...