Leo was elected by 133 cardinals from 70 countries in just over 24 hours, giving the church a pope just three weeks after the ...

In his first formal audience on Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope Francis, to make the Catholic Church inclusive, attentive to the faithful, ...

BEFORE anything else, boundless gratitude and glory to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit for gifting our Church and our world with the new Supreme Pontiff, His Holiness Leo XIV, the 267th pope ...

(UPDATE) PORT CHARLOTTE, United States — Louis Prevost is still reckoning with what just happened in his family. His little brother, Robert Francis Prevost, is now Pope Leo XIV, the first American ...

When the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, 2025, appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV, he was cheered loudly by the huge crowd of ...

PEACE-MAKERThe election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome has taken many by surprise. The first ...

Pope Leo XIV came out May 8, 2025 to the balcony of the Sistine Chapel wearing the traditional garb for a new pope, a red ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of the religious order known as the Augustinians, missionary to Peru, Cardinal of the ...

As a U.S. citizen, the man formerly called Cardinal Robert Prevost technically is required to file returns to the IRS.

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement is expected to be a May 10 meeting with cardinals. He'll then have midday ...

Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV. The first pope from the United States also holds Peruvian citizenship, but will represent the global Catholic Church.