Pope Francis, history's first Latin American pope, clearly saw something in Prevost early on. READ MORE: ...

The 267th pope has chosen his new name: Pope Leo XIV. Born with his baptismal name of Robert Francis Prevost, his papal name ...

After less than 24 hours of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new ...

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV’ s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with ...

The newly elected Pope Leo VIX is from Dolton, a Chicago Southwest suburb. Throughout Thursday, people all over Chicago ...

Then-Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, pulled the lever in Republican primaries in 2012, 2014, and 2016 — but hasn’t ...

The pope’s election coincides with an era that is fraught with war and rising global authoritarianism. He takes the helm of a ...

Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost became the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and ...

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...

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

Top-ranking Filipino government officials on Friday joined billions of Catholics worldwide in a prayer of gratitude and ...

The brother of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, said the newly elected pontiff will likely follow in the late Pope Francis’s ...