Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from the United States has been elected as the new pope, becoming the first American-born leader of the Catholic Church. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV and is the ...

Francis, the first Latin American pope, clearly had his eye on Prevost and in many ways saw him as his heir apparent.

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV. The full text of the "Urbi et ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

The new Pope, Leo XIV, has called for the Catholic Church to “desperately” counter a lack of faith in his first mass at the Vatican. Speaking on Friday, the day after he was elected the first US ...

The Mozambican president, Daniel Chapo, said yesterday that it was "with joy and jubilation" that Mozambique received the ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

This morning, the city of Chicago — famously known as the City of Big Shoulders — is embracing one of the biggest honors in ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American Pope, has said his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel. Leo spoke off-the-cuff in English to the ...

But many people in the square looked puzzled at first, and the complete lack of phone coverage meant that most couldn’t look ...

Pope Leo XIV touched on faith, power and corruption in the homily of the first Mass he celebrated after being elected pontiff ...