Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the first leader ...

The United States was often deemed too powerful — militarily, diplomatically, and even culturally — for one of its own to ...

The new pontiff and Bernard Hebda, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have exchanged letters but ...

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as pontiff. Here's what's anticipated from his papacy when it ...

Robert Prevost, an American Cardinal, is now the 267th pope to represent the Catholic Church. White smoke bellowed from the ...

HARRY STYLES - As white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of Pope Leo XIV, fans were stunned to see ...

The election came on the first full day of voting by the 133 cardinal electors, who secluded themselves behind the Vatican's ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, considered a surprise choice for leader of the Catholic Church, has spent most of his career as a ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with the world ...

Pope Leo XIV, history's first American pope, appeared in public for the first time to cheers from the faithful in St. Peter's ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost reintroduced himself to the world today as Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope in history. Chris Jansing and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Joe Donnelly, join ...