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

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

The conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American-born cleric, as the new popeNow the 267th pontiff, he ...

Prince William and Kate Middleton are ensuring their only daughter does not experience life in the Royal Family like her ...

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Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

Thursday marked an extremely important day in the Catholic Church, as Pope Leo XIV was chosen as its 267th leader. Leo XIV, ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been announced as the next head of the Catholic Church. He is the first pope from the US and took ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a ...

President Donald Trump took to social media to congratulate the newly elected Pope Leo XIV — formerly Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...