Let us keep in our ears the weak voice of Pope Francis that blesses Rome,” Leo said during his address on Thursday. “The Pope ...

Robert Prevost, who on Thursday became the first American to lead the Catholic church, previously lived in Chicago, where he ...

After less than 24 hours of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new ...

Catholics are surprised and delighted in Chicago, where the church's influence persists despite declining numbers.

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name could not be more clear, with the new pope tying himself to one of the ...

On the second day of the conclave at the Vatican, the cardinal electors chose Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

Robert Prevost appears to have previously reposted social media entries that could cause friction with the White House.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has occasionally weighed in on issues of faith and politics — including reposts of ...

Pope Leo XIV has said little publicly about a place in the Catholic Church for gay and transgender people. Some thought the ...

On social media before becoming pope, Robert Prevost showed support for gun violence reform, immigration — and some ...