A brief papal conclave ended on Thursday, May 8 after Robert Prevost (known as Pope Leo XIV) made history as the first ...

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Vatican City — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled ...

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Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

Cardinal Robert Prevost officially became the first person from the United States to become the Roman Catholic Church’s pope, ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, along with former presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, Illinois ...

"Peace be with you all," he told the cheering crowd in fluent Italian. Leo, who became the church's 267th pope, also spoke in ...

Leaders of all faiths and on both sides of the aisle welcomed the South Side's own Robert Prevost — Pope Leo XIV — as head of ...

An American pope was considered a longshot to be selected as a successor to Pope Francis. But now that it has happened, Pope ...

Leo XIV has now etched his name in the annals of history after becoming the first pope to hail from the United States.