Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, marking a historic moment as the first American to lead the Roman ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Students at Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School in Tennessee gather to witness the historic announcement as white ...

The conclave to elect the 267th pope ended after the second day of voting on Thursday, marking one of the shortest conclaves ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said in a post to X on Wednesday that he and the other North American cardinals will bring the "in ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

VATICAN CITY -- Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to select their latest leader during a conclave. White smoke ...

"I just felt my heart ask the Lord to really bless this man and to give him the courage, the wisdom and the strength to go ...

Let us keep in our ears the weak voice of Pope Francis that blesses Rome,” Leo said during his address on Thursday. “The Pope ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope. VATICAN CITY ...

VILLANOVA, Pa. (WPVI) -- American Cardinal Robert Prevost, now named Pope Leo XIV, has a strong tie to the Philadelphia region. Prevost, a 69-year-old from Chicago, graduated from Villanova University ...