Pope Leo XIV said his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass and details began to ...

Born in the Windy City in 1955 to parents of Spanish and Franco-Italian descent, Prevost served as an altar boy and was ...

Speaking to BBC News, Mathew Schmalz, a professor in Catholic studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts, says ...

Pope Leo XIV has said he hopes that his election can help the Catholic Church bring light to the "dark nights of this world" ...

The Pope is expected to visit the other papal basilicas in Rome in the following days, including Santa Maria Maggiore, where ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as the first pope from the United States in the Church's history.

Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history and will be known as Pope Leo XIV. There has never ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Bronzeville and raised in the south suburbs, will be known as Pope Leo XIV.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, center, leaves after concelebrating Mass with the College of Cardinals inside the Sistine Chapel ...

The BAFTA winning film Conclave wasn't like the real-life conclave that led to the election of Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Vincent ...

Speakers blasted songs including Born In The USA and American Pie as six cardinal electors from the United States gathered in ...

Pope Leo XIV will soon receive a massive gold ring, opulent papal apartments and a lavish bulletproof car — a far cry from his humble missionary work and upbringing in suburban Chicago.