American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

I almost passed out twice – twice – because to be living next to the pope, that’s real serious,” Kareem Davis told WBBM ...

Pope Leo XIV made history on Thursday when he became the first U.S.-born, and the first Augustinian, to assume the papacy, ...

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement is expected to be a May 10 meeting with cardinals. He'll then have midday ...

The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy, and he has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...

A top candidate seen by many Vatican observers as having been the likely next pope said on Saturday that he was satisifed ...

Pontiff says AI is main challenge for humanity as he sets out vision of his papacy - New leader of the Catholic Church says ...

A fascinating deep dive published by The Wall Street Journal sheds further light on how Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope ...

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV — has been elected, a mere 249 years after the founding of the nation.

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.