Pope Leo XIV held his first Sunday noon prayers in Saint Peter's Square on the weekend, calling for peace in Ukraine and Gaza ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

New Pope Leo XIV was a major topic on this Saturday's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Last week, ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...

A Chicago-based group filed complaints about him with Vatican officials, claiming Cardinal Robert Prevost fell short in his ...

On 8 May 2025, the Catholic Church entered a historic new era with the election of Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...

The new Pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago, became the first North American head of the Catholic Church.