Pope Leo is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know ...

Leo presided over his first Mass before those same cardinal electors Friday morning, speaking off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel. He acknowledged the great responsibility they had placed on ...

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost became the 267th pope, spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

In a stunning decision, the Catholic College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the U.S., leading to celebrations worldwide.

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

With the announcement that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been chosen as the new pope and leader of the Catholic Church, ...