Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Francis may have been globally admired, but within the church hierarchy he was a polarizing figure. This could have resulted ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

Robert Prevost, first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church, takes the name Leo XIV after been chosen by the ...

Two Albany Catholic Diocese leaders spoke to reporters shortly after Pope Leo XIV made his first appearance in Vatican City's ...

It is the quickest papal election in a century, beating the conclave of 2005, when Joseph Ratzinger claimed the title in less ...

Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and earned a degree from Villanova University, but spent 20 years as a missionary and then a ...