Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native, has participated in seven separate contests since 2012, including three Republican primaries.

The Pope is expected to visit the other papal basilicas in Rome in the following days, including Santa Maria Maggiore, where ...

Election records earlier reported by CBS News reveals how often the new pope has voted in the past. The records, from the service L2 Data, showed that he voted in the 2024 election but that he had not ...

Last month, the monarch and Queen Camilla met with the late Pope Francis while visiting Rome. On Friday, the royal couple ...

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

President Michael D Higgins has led congratulations in Ireland following the election of the new Pope Leo XIV.

Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, became the first pope from the United States. Now, Chicago businesses are getting in on the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel.

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. There has never ...

Pope Leo XIV said his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced.