Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...

Senators on Capitol Hill reacted to the election of Pope Leo XIV as the first American pope, and many voiced excitement about ...

Eighteen days after Pope Francis last appeared on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, his successor -- the 267th pope -- emerged.

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

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

The faithful in Los Angeles, America's most Catholic city, were delighted — and a little stunned — to learn a Chicago-born ...

ISTANBUL (AA) – European leaders congratulated newly-elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday while signaling for hope and peace ...

After the white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney on Thursday, people all across the world, learned the Catholic Church has a new leader.WATCH: Robert Francis Prevost Announced As Pope Leo ...

Robert Prevost’s election as pope stunned many Catholics skeptical that an American would ever be elevated to that role.

Pope Leo will have the challenge of following in the footsteps of the late Francis, whose popularity saw him dubbed ‘the ...

The new pontiff and Bernard Hebda, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have exchanged letters but ...

It didn’t take long for Chicago Cubs fans to welcome the first American pope into their arms. When Pope Leo XIV’s election ...