Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, becoming the first American pope. His brother Louis, who lives in Port Charlotte, Florida, says people often predicted ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with the world ...

Pope Leo AKA Robert Prevost is a confirmed Chicago White Sox fan thanks to this photo from the 2005 World Series.

Continuing the cycle of traditions that await a new pope, the newly elected pontiff addressed his cardinals in English and ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

In his first sermon, Pope Leo XIV called on believers worldwide to renew faith and addressed challenges faced by the Catholic Church ...

Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, appears to have reposted articles critical of Donald Trump and JD Vance on X. View ...

During Mass for cardinals, Scripture was read in both English and Spanish — a nod to the new pope's missionary work in both ...

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed that choice of the name Leo was a reference to Leo XIII and the social doctrine of ...

The world receives a message of ‘peace and justice’ from the Vatican amid global turmoil and a long shadow of abuse in the ...

Euronews was in St Peter's Square along with 150,000 people who flocked to greet the first-ever pope to hail from the US.