The United States was often deemed too powerful — militarily, diplomatically, and even culturally — for one of its own to ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

President Donald Trump said the selection of Cardinal Robert F. Prevost to be pope is "a great honor" for the U.S., noting he ...

The first pope from the U.S. was born. On Tuesday, the second day of the conclave, 133 cardinal electors elected U.S.

The US-born missionary and senior Vatican official has become the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church in its ...

Prevost, a 69 member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. He appeared on the loggia of St. Peter’s ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

Bishops took to social media to share their joy over the election. U.S. bishops on Thursday hailed the election of former ...

A new pope has been elected, and for the first time, he's from the United States. Now, the metro's Catholic community is ...

Chicago-born Robert Prevost was elected Thursday as the first pope ever from the United States. He chose Leo XIV as his papal ...