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

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Pope Leo XIV has made his first public appearance since his election, traveling to a sanctuary south of Rome that is ...

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

With the arrival of Pope Leo XIV, much of the media has emphasized the mystery of the papal conclave, focusing on cryptic ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

Political figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

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