Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as the first pope from the United States in the Church's history.

Before ascending to lead the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV — formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost — grew up in Chicago, ...

Pope Leo XIV, the newly-named head of the Catholic Church, hails from Creole ancestry, according to a genealogist.

New York celebrates the election of the first American pope, Cardinal Prevost, with a spontaneous gathering at St. Patrick's ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

The following are key dates in the life and ministry of Pope Leo XIV, elected May 8, 2025, as the 266th successor to St.

ESPN NBA analyst Brian Windhorst thinks Pope Leo XIV should sway the NBA Draft Lottery in favor of his Chicago Bulls.

In the right-wing loon-o-sphere, the reaction to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becoming the first American-born pope has ...

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the ...

The confusion may have stemmed from the fact that their mother, the late Mildred Prevost, was from the North Side, John ...

Alabama Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi of Mobile reacted to the stunning first election of a U.S.-born pope by highlighting traits ...

Which brings us to Williams, who saw the news of Pope Leo being named to the papacy and posted a terrific joke on X (formerly ...