For the first time, the pope is from the United States. The world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics have a new spiritual leader, the 267th pontiff to lead the nearly 2,000-year-old church. Robert Francis ...

"Peace be with all of you!" Those were the first words of Pope Leo XIV, the newly anointed leader of the Catholic Church. As Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost addressed the ecstatic crowd gathered in St ...

Pope Leo XIV became the first American-born pope in the history of the Catholic Church on Thursday, hailing from Chicago and breaking years of tradition that geared cardinals away from electing an ...

Robert Francis Prevost will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Born in Chicago, he was elected on the second day of the conclave. Newly elected Pope Leo XIV today led his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine ...

Voting for a new pope is no joke. Before Pope Leo XIV (formerly Robert Francis Prevost) was named the successor of the late Pope Francis at the latest conclave, he—along with more than one hundred ...

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have at least one thing in common with the new pope. After all, the former president and first lady both hail from Chicago just like Robert Francis Prevost, who was ...