Robert F. Prevost, 69, was a longshot selection with extensive missionary experience in Peru and an approach similar to Pope ...

U.S. President Donald Trump quickly reacted to the appointment of the first American pope on Thursday, May 8. Pope Leo XIV, ...

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost chose the name Leo XIV, linking him to a Catholic doctrine that seeks social and economic ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was elected the first pope from the United States on the second day of the ...

Rumors began to circulate in June 1979 that Pope John Paul II might travel to Chicago, which was then home to 2.4 million ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago and raised in South Holland, has been selected to lead the Catholic ...

Although any baptized Catholic man is technically eligible to be the pope, none of the previous 266 popes in history had been ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica, Pope Leo said, “Peace be with ...

ETBy Lauren Kent, Chris Lamb and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

For the first time in history, the Catholic Church has elected a pope who was born in the United States. Cardinal Robert ...

Prevost, a 69 member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. He appeared on the loggia of St. Peter’s ...