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

Follow our live blog coverage of Pope Leo XIV’s electionVatican City: Cardinal Robert Prevost, a US-born missionary and ...

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

Prior to being elected, Pope Leo XIV had a presence on X, where he sometimes shared messages that appeared to be critical of ...

The 69-year-old will become Leo XIV as he succeeds the late Pope Francis, who brought the Peruvian-American to the Vatican ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — On the second day of the conclave, Cardinals elected 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost as the new ...

Let us keep in our ears the weak voice of Pope Francis that blesses Rome,” Leo said during his address on Thursday. “The Pope ...

Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, is the first pope from the United States. The 69-year-old Chicago native is also a ...

A new pope is in charge of the Catholic Church, and he's from Chicago. Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. He is the Church's ...

Catholics are surprised and delighted in Chicago, where the church's influence persists despite declining numbers.

Robert Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop ...

The celebration of Pope Leo XIV did not just happen in Italy though as Missoula's Catholic community reacted with excitement ...