After two days of conclave and only four votes, the cardinals selected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the church's next pope.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

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 ...

While in Rome for research for a new book on the Catholic Church, a USC history professor was there as Pope Leo XIV addressed ...

ROME - The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals who elected him that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second ...

The new pontiff has already given some hints about his priorities as head of the Catholic Church — among them are peace, ...

Former U.S. Representative Liz Cheney (R-WY) responded to the Vatican announcement naming American Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new Pope.The vocal Trump critic wrote on X: "In an era that looke ...

Key figures from Donald Trump’s MAGA movement have decried the appointment of the first American Pope.Not much is known about ...

The sun sets at Saint Peter’s Basilica after the first American pope is elected in the history of the Catholic Church.

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.