Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel.

Robert Francis Prevost celebrated his first Mass as Pope Leo XIV one day after his election. Here's what you need to know ...

Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. He is the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Prevost was born in Chicago. He ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected po ...

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood neighbors in suburban Chicago had predicted when he was just a small boy that he would become the first American pontiff, his brother said.

THE sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel. Elected on Thursday, Robert Prevost is the first pope ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native, known for being reserved and private, brings a different style to the papacy compared to his ...

In his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV urged humility among Cardinals and emphasized the importance of serving the Church with ...

Pope Leo AKA Robert Prevost is a confirmed Chicago White Sox fan thanks to this photo from the 2005 World Series.

Trust fall; Mule mail; Greene at the gills; Beshear not bashful; The _____ Nate Moore  America’s obsession — or at least the ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the church’s 2,000-year history.