The leader of the Diocese of Palm Beach hailed the choice of American-born Pope Leo XIV as Pope Francis' successor.

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his ...

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost, known as “Father Bob” in Chicago, is a White Sox fan, a naturalized citizen of Peru and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is a Villanova graduate. He is the first American pope elected in the 2,000-year ...

After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every ...

"I was in at least two or three philosophy classes with him, and from that experience I can, and I’m going to betray my ...

The genealogical findings underline the significance of Pope Leo XIV being not only the first pope from the United States, but also being the first with documented ancestral ties to Louisiana’s ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Catholics in Pittsburgh joined together in a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Patrick Cathedral to rejoice in the election of their new leader, Pope Leo XIV.