Chicago-born Robert Prevost – to be known as Pope Leo XIV – became Francis' successor after two days of voting inside the ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV and the first American in history elected pope on the 4th ballot by ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

In a jubilant atmosphere, more than 10,000 faithful gathered in front of the Basilica and Cathedral of Santa María de ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

The Republican described the president as "an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption, and shame" in a social media post.

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

"Why don't you answer your phone?" Pope Leo XIV asked his older brother in the video recorded by Associated Press reporter ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.