A Catholic herself and standard-bearer of Europe's populist right, she is politically aligned with the US administration and shares their belief in taking a tough stance on migration.

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Now that the world’s most famous Catholic is an American from Chicago, church leaders there are hoping his papacy will inspire more people to take up Catholicism. Some are ...

The CEO of Catholic Charities of Dallas, Dave Woodyard, shared his excitement over last week's historic selection of the first American pope, Pope Leo XIV.

“A lot of people in Chicago have a deep connection to him because of his outreach to the marginalized [and] to the poor,” said the Rev. Andy Matijevic, who delivered the 8 a.m. Mass at Holy ...