The most pressing sports question for many locals inside the Vatican and surrounding Italy concerning the first American pope ...

When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered ...

Pope Leo XIV is aware how protest, free speech and collaboration will shape a vision for a lively church that makes a ...

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry forward" the legacy of Pope Francis' pontificate "in its essential elements." ...

Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Michael Pham to lead San Diego diocese, marking his first American bishop appointment.

In January, the Vatican announced that the diocese’s longtime leader, Robert McElroy, was moving to Washington, D.C. McElroy ...

(RNS) — In his first United States episcopal appointment, Pope Leo XIV named Michael Pham bishop of San Diego on Thursday ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael Pham as the new bishop of San Diego, making him the first Vietnamese-American ...

Picked to lead the San Diego Diocese, Michael Pham is Pope Leo XIV's first appointment of a bishop in the United States. Pham ...

The Diocese of San Diego is comprised of 8,852 square miles and has a total population of 3,454,921 -- 1,381,968 of which ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance, one of the last foreign officials to see Pope Francis before he died, led the American delegation honoring the Chicago-born Leo. Vance paid his respects at Francis ...

Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are with NBC 7. After a two-day conclave, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected on the fourth ballot May 8 as the 267th pope in history.