Pope Leo XIV held the first mass of his papacy Friday morning in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel with the cardinals who elected ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has surprised the world not just with his historic election—but with his ...

New York celebrates the election of the first American pope, Cardinal Prevost, with a spontaneous gathering at St. Patrick's ...

Filipino bishops on Friday asked the faithful to pray for the new pope, Pope Leo XIV, as he leads 1.4 billion Catholics ...

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

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Born in Chicago, the newly-elected pope grew up in south suburban Dolton and attended school and church nearby on Chicago's ...

It's the first day on the job for the new leader of the Catholic Church! Cardinals elected Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope.

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