A view of St. Peter's Square during the conclave to elect a successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, ...

"Peace be with you all," he told the cheering crowd in fluent Italian. Leo, who became the church's 267th pope, also spoke in ...

Robert Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, is a 69-year-old who was born in Chicago. He is the first American to be ...

San Diegans hailed the selection of Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope on Thursday, becoming the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost officially became the first person from the United States to become the Roman Catholic Church’s pope, ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

Church bells rang out from the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver as a Chicagoan was named Pope Leo ...

Today, the conclave of cardinals elected American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the Pope, informs The Guardian. His ...

WABC reporter NJ Burkett reports outside St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City with reaction following Pope Leo XIV's becoming the 1st American pope.

VATICAN CITY — White smoke has billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating the selection of a new pope. The ...

Cardinals elected Leo to the supreme pontificate on Thursday afternoon, with white smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel ...

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The selection of the first ever American pope is prompting reaction from across the globe. 69-year-old Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, is a Chicago native. From ...