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 ...

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

In his first formal audience, Pope Leo XIV made clear a commitment to making the Catholic Church more inclusive and attentive ...

American author, speaker and theologian Bishop Robert Barron says he thinks the new pope's papal name selection represents ...

Pope Leo XIV is facing criticism from survivors over his record on clergy sexual abuse while he served in Chicago and Peru.