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Vice President JD Vance met with the first American pope at the Vatican on Monday morning.

Pope Leo XIV was selected as the 267th pontiff after the death of Pope Francis April 21.

The graphic installation at Rate Field marks the location where the future pope cheered for Chicago in Game 1 of the 2005 World Series.

The first Catholic mass under Pope Leo XIV began Sunday morning at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Logan Heights. NBC 7’s M.G. Perez explains the other priorities the church has.

Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Logan Heights joins legal complaint against Trump Administration.

바카라 that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological spectrum in Pope Leo XIV’s homeland, raising the question of whether he might be able to ease some of the deep divisions within its ranks.

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.

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity.

John Prevost, one of the older brothers of Pope Leo XIV, said he briefly spoke with the pope to inform him they were headed to Rome.

Pope Leo’s childhood home in a Chicago suburb was recently listed for sale for under $250,000 — until Thursday, that is. It appears the listing for the small home in Dolton, Illinois, a suburb south of Chicago, was taken down just after the new pope was elected. The 750-square-foot home on East 141st Place had been put up for sale...

“I think people will be very impressed with him,” Villanova president Peter Donohue said of the new pope, who graduated from the university in 1977.

Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel.

The excitement of the newly elected pope is touching the hearts of many Catholics in San Diego. NBC 7’s Jeanette Quezada reports.

The new American pope received a very American reception in Vatican City.

The new pope has made several trips to San Diego while he was a bishop. NBC 7’s Dana Williams has more from a San Diego Catholic high school.

The newly elected pontiff delivered a speech in Italian and Spanish. Here’s what he said.

Pope Leo XIV’s online footprint was quickly dissected, sparking mixed reactions from the right over posts seemingly critical of Trump and Vance.

Pope Leo XIV was elected on day two, making this one of the fastest conclaves in modern history. But the shortest ever? That happened in 1503 and lasted just a few hours.

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo emphasized a message of peace, dialogue and missionary evangelization.

It might be the newly anointed Pope Leo XIV’s day, but a seagull chick stole the hearts of people around the world after it teetered next to the chimney shortly before the conclave’s white smoke appeared.