Robert Francis Prevost from Chicago became Pope Leo XIV. He is the first American to hold the position. Donald Trump claimed ...

Robert Francis Prevost was a relatively low-profile cardinal from Chicago. But on May 8, the 69-year-old stunned the world ...

The last five pontiffs have addressed members of the international news media who reported on the conclaves that elected them.

At a time when American Catholics faced many restrictions, Washington went out of his way to make them feel included in the ...

Pontiff holding first Vatican press conference after pleading ‘no more war’ - The press conference comes after the newly ...

On Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Even a shot of Malört can't wash the taste of the anti-LGBTQ legal organization's hypocrisy out of John Oliver's mouth.

Following in the footsteps of his predecessors, Leo, the first American pope, is expected to deliver remarks to members of ...

The new Pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, who began digging in the archives and discovered ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been confirmed to have African American ancestry through Creole ...