Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is a native of Chicago who spent the first third of his life in the United States before his ministry took him to Peru and, more recently, to ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

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

It was a historic first for the Order of St. Augustine when one of its own, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected as Holy Father.

As white smoke billowed from a chimney above St. Peter’s Square and the world learned the name of the new Pope, one man at the March for Life in Canada stood stunned, unable to react. It wasn’t just ...

Welcoming Pope Leo XIV also invites us to honour the legacy of Pope Francis, who tirelessly advocated for the homeless, the ...

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

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

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

When the white smoke rose, a new pope emerged. The new leader of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV.

The elevation of Chicago-native Robert Francis Prevost appeared to come from a confluence of factors, analysts said.

White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel today signaled that a conclave of cardinals selected a new pope: Robert Prevost of the United States. He is the first American pope in history and will go ...