Bishops took to social media to share their joy over the election. U.S. bishops on Thursday hailed the election of former ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named the 267th pope Thursday afternoon. Upon election, he is now known as Pope Leo XIV.

Cardinal Robert Prevost elected first North American pontiff and will be called Pope Leo XIV - Pope Leo XIV emerged onto the ...

A brief papal conclave ended on Thursday, May 8 after Robert Prevost (known as Pope Leo XIV) made history as the first ...

The Archbishop of Armagh, Eamon Martin, said the new Pope was a "friend of Ireland and no doubt the Augustinian communities ...

Robert Prevost, elected pope Thursday, grew up in Dolton. Former neighbors and local Catholics reacted to the election of the ...

Jittery excitement and hopeful prayers filled the classrooms of St. Michael Catholic School in Greenfield Thursday.

Archbishop Michael McGovern issued a statement Thursday after Pope Leo XIV was elected. He said the church will pray for the new pope at each Mass that is offered.

On May 8, the first American pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Here is a prayer for ...

Bishop William Joensen of the Diocese of Des Moines says he hopes Pope Leo XIV lights a "fire" within the Catholic Church.

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

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