VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV’ s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

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

Pope Leo XIV’s name choice ‘signals he will continue work of Francis’ - Pope Leo will have the challenge of following in the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ...

Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday after cardinals from around the globe chose him to be the first leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to hail from the United States.

The Vatican today (May 8) confirmed that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the new pontiff, following the death of Pope ...

In choosing Robert Francis Prevost, the conclave has done what many Vatican insiders considered unthinkable.

Americans in St. Peter's Square were stunned and joyous when they learned that an American cardinal, Robert Provost, was ...