Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, is Black. He is a descendant of Creoles in New Orleans, including ...

To celebrate the election of the 267th pope — the first American-born pontiff — the Detroit Free Press has crafted a ...

The Church of St. Leo the Great in Corona will hold a special bilingual Mass this evening to celebrate the election of the ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday (May 9) in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours ...

White smoke poured out of the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in Rome on Thursday, announcing that a new pope had been chosen. Robert Prevost, an American Cardinal from the Chicago region ...

In a stunning decision, the Catholic College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the U.S., leading to ...

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

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

The Archdiocese of Louisville celebrated the new pope with a large mass. Over 200 parishioners gathered to embrace their new ...

Las Vegas Archbishop George Leo Thomas didn’t know what to expect ahead of Sunday’s Mass of Thanksgiving to celebrate the ...

A special Mass took place Wednesday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston’s South End to celebrate Pope Leo XIV.

The Catholic Church has a new leader and congratulations are pouring in as Pope Leo XIV prepares to celebrate his first Mass.