Elected Thursday as the Catholic Church’s first global leader to hail from the United States, Pope Leo XIV is in a new job ...

In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers from new Pope Leo XIV’s hometown of Chicago, Catholics took ...

Pope Leo the 14th is the first pope from the United States, and local priest Christopher Connelly, who serves as co-pastor of ...

The 133 cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel made their selection Thursday. The 69-year-old new pope appeared at the balcony ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

The following interview was originally conducted in Spanish and has been translated into English. ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) ...

Archbishop William Lori has met Pope Leo XIV many times over the course of his career. He says Pope Leo XIV's American roots are a point of pride.

Pope Leo XIV ‘s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice that is very much in line with the late Pope Francis ‘ ...

The electors cast paper ballots, and voting continues until one candidate receives a two-thirds majority, or 89 votes. After voting, ballots are burned in a special stove — black smoke signals no ...

When white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday, a first in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church.

You can also read his full special message on the election of Pope Leo XIV below: ...