Pope Leo's first public words, "Peace be with you," could not have been "a more kind, a more gentle, a more pastoral opening," said one papal historian.

Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, retired archbishop of Galveston-Houston, told the reporters that while the cardinals chose a pope who is a U.S. citizen, “he’s really a citizen of the entire world since he ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, is the first U.S.-born pope in the Church's history. Here's how readers reacted to ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as the first pope from the United States in the Church's history.

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.

“The crime of aggression is sometimes referred to as the ‘mother of all other crimes’ because it precedes all of the other ...

Robert Prevost's selection as pope has Daytona Beach Catholics excited because he's an American, and because he is similar to Pope Francis.

Many Catholics here in the Triad are reacting to what Pope Leo XIV will mean for the future of the Catholic Church. While ...

Prior to his election as Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost's social media activity suggested criticism of President Donald Trump's immigration policies.

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.

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.