Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

Pope Leo XIV has made history after being elected the first American-born pontiff. The 69-year-old former Robert Prevost was ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, left, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American pope, meeting with ...

Dark horse’ American cardinal succeeds Pope Francis to become 267th Pontiff - Prevost, 69, will be know as Pope Leo XIV ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known by his pontifical name of Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old, born on the ...

After the death of a Pope, a papal conclave—an incredibly secretive and important process—takes place in the Vatican as ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Boise Catholics share their excitement and hopes for the new pontiff's leadership.

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.

Robert Francis Prevost may have been born here in America, but he's spent most of his clerical life serving the Catholic Church abroad.