He took the name Pope Leo XIV after the 133 College of Cardinals members elected him, on the second day of balloting at the ...

Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Friday honoring the election of Pope Leo XIV — one day after Chicago native Cardinal Robert ...

When Americans found out Thursday that the fist ever U.S. pope had been selected, they soon began asking the all-important ...

Leo XIV urged the Catholic Church to work urgently to restore the faith of millions in his first homily as pope Friday, a day ...

President Trump on Thursday congratulated Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost after he was elected as the new pope, making him ...

Pope Leo replaces Pope Francis, who was a former archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, and the first Latin American pontiff. Francis died April 21 in the Vatican at age 88 -- one day after Easter. He ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

Donald Trump has been branded "stupid" after he made a "glaring error" in his message to the new pope, Cardinal Robert ...

Donald Trump has been branded "stupid" after releasing a message offering well wishes to the new pope. This week it was ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

Leo XIV celebrated his first mass as pope on Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Massimo Faggioli, professor of theology and religious studies at Villanova University — the new Pope's alma mater — about the direction the Catholic Church will likely ...