A formal Mass to mark the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV will take place on May 18 in St. Peter's Square, the Vatican announced ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as “Father Bob” in Chicago, is a White Sox fan, a naturalized citizen of Peru and ...

What does it mean that the newest pope has chosen the name Leo XIV? We look to the history of papal Leos to decode the choice.

COMMENTARY: Who the new pope will be is not exactly who he has been — being Leo is different than being Robert, just as being Peter is different than being Simon.

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

Pope Leo XIV had the opportunity to meet three of his predecessors at the helm of the Barque of Peter. The following are some photos of these encounters between former Cardinal Robert Prevost as a ...

ROME – Speakers blasted songs including “Born in the U.S.A.” and “American Pie” as six cardinal electors from the United ...

Chicago residents were ecstatic about the first North American pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on Thursday.

"We never would have suspected that he was going to be a priest, let alone a bishop or cardinal or the Pope. Not in a million years would you think somebody you knew could become the Pope. It's like ...

The morning after his election, Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV and the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history — presided over his first Mass. In a nod to his predecessor ...

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, became the first American Pope to the Catholic Church on May 8- surprising many across the U.S., ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor said Thursday that lawyers should stand up and fight in battles faced by the nation ...