Chicago's Cardinal Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, marking a new era for the Catholic Church. Who Is he and why was he chosen?

Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, surprised the world Thursday when he emerged on the loggia of St ...

Western Pennsylvania's religious leaders and Catholics are celebrating the election of a new pope. On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected to become the first American pope, taking the ...

Cardinals from around the world chose Robert Francis Prevost to lead the Catholic Church’s 1.4 billion followers, making him ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native, known for being reserved and private, brings a different style to the papacy compared to his ...

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV​ is a dual citizen of the United States and Peru, where he first served as a missionary and then as a bishop.

With a billow of white smoke and a clamour of church bells, we learnt that an empty seat at the top of the world leadership table had just been filled. The first American Cardinal, Robert Francis ...

Leo XIV will work to translate the ideal of one heart, one mind into structures that protect the vulnerable worker, the ...

Pope Leo XIV has said little publicly about a place in the Catholic Church for gay and transgender people. Some thought the ...