Before the selection of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced, people offered their predictions on who would become ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

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The election of Pope Leo XIV as the first-American pontiff shocked the world, and Chicago residents rejoiced in the Holy ...

A new pope has officially been elected as white smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops ...

Chaplain at Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School in Kernersville, Father Christopher Brock, said he never expected the new pope to come from the United States. "This is just a new thing in the ...

UTICA, N.Y. -- Millions of Catholics around the globe cheered as they waited to see who the new pope would be. Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope. Roman Catholic ...

To discuss the implications of Robert Prevost’s election as pope, for both the church and for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – Catholics around the world are still celebrating the selection of a new pope. To the surprise of many in the United States, and around the world, Cardinal Robert Prevost was ...