Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, is the new pope and has taken the name Leo XIV. He is the first elected ...

A moderate who was close to Pope Francis and spent years as a missionary in Peru, he becomes the Catholic Church's 267th ...

The new Pope has been revealed as Robert Francis Prevost of the United States, the first American pontiff in history. He will ...

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

The earliest clues suggest Leo could champion inclusion and openness to change — like his predecessor, Pope Francis.

The bells have rung at Saint Peter's Square and white smoke has emerged from the Sistine Chapel, marking the election of a ...

Robert Francis Prevost was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023 and was responsible for vetting nominations for bishops ...

Image Courtesy of Fox News By Zachary Lichter This past week, Catholics all over the world had their eyes on the Vatican. 133 ...

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ...

Vatican watchers had given Prevost the highest chances among the group of U.S. cardinals of being pope, given his pastoral ...

Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8) after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the ...