Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

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

The bells of St. Thomas of Villanova Church first rang at the sight of white smoke, indicating a pope had been elected. Since ...

Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values than the ...

Cardinal Prevost's social media activity prior to his election as Leo XIV shows criticism of the Trump's immigration policies.

The election of Pope Leo XIV brings the Catholic Church closer to the United States in a way it has never been before, but ...

For close watchers of the Catholic Church, the election of a U.S. pope seemed impossible. The "Trump effect" on the U.S. and ...

Cardinal says Leo will be ‘darn good Pope’ as White House downplays Trump tensions - The 69-year-old former cardinal was ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV is from Dolton, a Chicago Southeast suburb. Throughout Thursday, people all over Chicago slowly drove past the house he grew up in. Pope Leo XIV is this: a Catholic ...

When Villanova President Peter M. Donohue asked the Pope if he would be commencement speaker, the Pope replied, "Very funny." ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, now Pope Leo XIV, was selected by the conclave at the Vatican on Thursday, May 8. Prevost is originally from Chicago and is the first American pope.