VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his ...

Papal Conclave selected an American as the new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, was born in Chicago in 1955, and is the first ...

The morning after his election, Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV and the first American pontiff in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history — presided over his first Mass. In a nod to his predecessor ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass as leader of the world's Roman Catholics. He prayed that the church could serve as a ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

The Catholic religious order's Chicago-based province released a statement about Robert Prevost, who this week became Pope ...

The new Pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, has officially had his favorite baseball team revealed to the world: the Chicago White Sox.

Across Middle Tennessee and around the globe, devoted Catholics are celebrating the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, who ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV has been met with celebration and well-wishes from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and the Diocese ...

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making ...