Students, faculty, and staff at Saint Petersburg Catholic High School gathered for a mass to commemorate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope.

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

Southland Catholics and elected leaders Thursday hailed the selection of Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope, becoming the first American to ever hold the position. Prevost ...

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.

Massachusetts Catholics and political leaders took a moment to recognize new Pope Leo XIV after Cardinal Robert Prevost was ...

Video: Boston Catholics celebrate election of first American-born pope. Bostonians were also surprised by the pick. "Everyone was in shock by an American pope," said John Hickey, ...

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

The new leader for Catholics around the world spent some of his younger years in West Michigan, local Catholic leaders say.

Most Rev. Frank J. Dewane, Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Venice, asked that members of the Diocese join him in prayer for ...

Many Catholics in Louisville described the appointment of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday as exciting. WLKY caught up with several ...

Western Pennsylvania's religious leaders and Catholics are celebrating the election of a new pope. On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected to become the first American pope, taking the ...

Faith leaders across the world, including here in Cincinnati, are celebrating the election of a new pope. Robert Prevost, a ...