Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday became the first American elected Pope, has Creole of color roots in New Orleans, ...

Former San Diego professor witnesses historic election of first American pope after personal journey with Catholic Church ...

Across the nation’s capital, Catholics joyously welcomed the news of the church’s first U.S.-born pope. “I never thought in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

A New York priest tells the Irish Star he expects conflict between the White House and the Vatican - because the ...

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

Another longtime friend, the Rev. Robert Hagan, said that Robert Prevost was his mentor and superior when he was studying to become a priest in Racine, Wis., in the late 1990s. They watched Chicago ...

US Catholics flocked to churches across the country in a celebratory mood to mark the "excitement" of the first-ever American ...

It came days after Vance — in discussing critiques of the Trump administration’s immigration policies — in a Fox News ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Pope Leo XIV has said little publicly about a place in the Catholic Church for gay and transgender people. Some thought the ...