Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's election as Pope Leo XIV marks a historic moment as the first American to lead the Catholic ...

New pontiff prays at tomb of Francis ahead of first Sunday address - The new pope will give his first Sunday blessing and ...

It was an electrifying moment on Thursday May 8 when Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost, 14 September 1955) was elected the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State.

A social media exchange on the outcome of the recent papal conclave caught my attention the other day. It went like this: A: ...

The new pope will need to unify a church that is increasingly global and moving beyond its eurocentric pastPope Leo XIV has ...

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The pope is many things, by definition and as a byproduct of his job description. The bishop of Rome. The worldwide leader of ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

He’s the first American Pope in history, but Leo XIV might not be able to escape the IRS - The native Chicagoan and baseball ...

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, about the significance of the Cardinals electing the first pope from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...

There is little without precedent in the Catholic Church, but it is fair to say nothing exactly like the election of Pope Leo ...