Cardinal Robert Prevost Elected New Pope, Emerges On St. Peter's Balcony | WATCH Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, addressed the crowd at St ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first North American pontiff appointed to lead the Catholic Church. As a native Chicagoan, he's been ...

In his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV urged humility among Cardinals and emphasized the importance of serving the Church with grace and compassion.

Full text of the first public homily of Pope Leo XIV, given at a Mass for the College of Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel May 9, 2025.

Reactions in the U.S. — from monastic communities, school classrooms and city churches — not only cheered the significance of ...

A Roman Catholic priest has welcomed the election of the new Pope, Leo XIV, and labelled him the "people's Pope". Father ...

Pope Leo I tangled with Attila the Hun and won. Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne as the first Holy Roman Emperor. This is the ...

ABC News originally reported Pope Leo XIV was a Cubs fan, according to the Chicago Tribune. However, his brother, John ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich participated in the conclave that elected Robert Prevost to lead the Catholic Church as pope.

Pope Leo XIV spoke off-the-cuff in English in the Sistine Chapel to the cardinals who elected him to follow in the footsteps ...

A resident of Will County in suburban Chicago, the new pontiff voted numerous times — most recently in the 2024 presidential ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first person from the United States to lead the Catholic Church, is taking on a financial headache in his ...