There had long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, but the Chicago native, who had been a leading candidate for the papacy, was ...

New American pontiff Robert Prevost to hold first Mass after historic election - The 69-year-old former cardinal was chosen ...

Dark horse’ American cardinal succeeds Pope Francis to become 267th Pontiff - Prevost, 69, will be know as Pope Leo XIV ...

Archbishop John C. Wester said he was 'shocked' at the election of Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church. One thing he shared is he hopes the new pope, who has ...

Close to home, parishioners attended mass to celebrate their new pontiff, Robert Prevost, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV.

Robert Francis Prevost may have been born here in America, but he's spent most of his clerical life serving the Catholic Church abroad.

For many who paid the cathedral a visit to pray, following the announcement that Cardinal Robert Prevost had been elected the new pope, they interrupted what they were doing.

In casting himself as supreme leader and pope, Donald Trump inadvertently invoked the Christian understanding of the ...

Prior to being elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV had a presence on Twitter, and later X, where he sometimes shared messages that ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was ...