Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church's 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on Thursday, May 8, to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church.

Leo is the first pope with a pre-papal social media presence, which helps paint an early picture of his positions on various ...

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

A man is charged with indecent exposure after several reported incidents at a grocery store in North Carolina, but law ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...

The pope also has a more direct role on everyday Americans, in the sense that he is the head of a church followed by 20 ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

Pope Leo XIV greets the crowd from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica after his election, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. People hold up a US flag as the newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears ...