Elected during the Conclave on 8 May, the new Pontiff has taken the name Pope Leo XIV. Born Robert Francis Prevost, the ...

He lashed out at Martha Raddatz for suggesting “Pope Leo’s selection had nothing to do with Donald Trump,” which she didn’t ...

While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

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Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

Chicago residents were ecstatic about the first North American pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on Thursday.

American cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as the choice to replace Pope Francis. Bells at St. Peter's Basilica rang and ...

On Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.