New pontiff prays at tomb of Francis ahead of first Sunday address - The new pope will give his first Sunday blessing and ...

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

The Vatican press corps is watching Leo XIV very closely for clues to the kind of pope he plans to be, writes William Crawley ...

From Vatican News Archbishop Timothy Broglio, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, expresses joy ...

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

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

For American Catholics, the elevation of Robert Prevost to the papacy was a shock, a cause for celebration and a chance for ...

Robert Francis Prevost was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023 and was responsible for vetting nominations for bishops ...

Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, 69, became the first pope from the United States on Thursday. The Church has placed Prevost — a conciliatory, soft-spoken Augustinian with a humble demeanor — at the ...

U.S. bishops hailed the election of former Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV May 8, a Chicago native and the first pope ...