Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S. pope, descends from Creole and free people of color in Louisiana, highlighting complex issues to ...

The school's students and staff expressed shock and excitement following the recent election of the first-ever American pope.

Pope Leo XIV had an initial one-word response when asked by a reporter on Monday if he had a message for his native United ...

Speaking to EWTN News Nightly anchor Catherine Hadro on Monday, Rooney — also a former U.S. representative — said that Leo ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Pope Leo XIV dropped a loaded one-word message for the U.S. — and with his history of criticizing the Trump administration, the pontiff may not be done yet.

Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

The first American pope arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the church in the United States.

A plume of white smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling a new pope has been selected following Francis’ ...

Robert Prevost of the U.S. is the new Catholic pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago-born cardinal ministered in ...