The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

Pope Leo XIV has signaled that he would continue with the vision and reforms of Pope Francis, telling the world's Catholic ...

The formal inauguration Mass for the first U.S. pontiff in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church will be held ...

News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his hometown.

Pope Leo XIV will offer his first Angelus prayer and give a blessing to the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square.. One day after the Habemus papam!, every little detail about Leo XIV is being ...

The Duke of Edinburgh is to represent the King at the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV, Buckingham Palace has said.