Leaders around the world have begun congratulating Robert Francis Prevost for being chosen to succeed Pope Francis.

Robert Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop ...

The Catholic Church has a new pope, and he's from the United States of America. Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis ...

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.

A Pew Research Center study conducted in 2024 found that for every American who converts to Catholicism, another 8.4 leave. The only reason that Catholicism is able to maintain a relatively steady ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Thursday. (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) ...