Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is elected as Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, with Texas Governor Abbott ...

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

Pope Leo XIV, now the successor of St. Peter, leads the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church in a sacred role that few others ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

When white smoke rose out of the Vatican on Thursday, Catholics in Roanoke were watching from their screens in delight as ...

This week the Catholic Church selected a new leader. After the white smoke appeared Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared on Vatican balcony as Pope Leo XIV. The selection of the first American born pope ...

For cardinals who came from such different parts of the world, it was a feat but also an act of unity to elect someone in less than 24 hours, Cardinal Wilton Gregory told the press. "I think we did ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year ...

What a great day for us in Philly with a pope that knows what Wawa is all about,” Archbishop Nelson Pérez jokingly told ...

Because of the pope’s role to maintain the fullness of tradition and the unity of the Church, a pope cannot be conservative ...

OWENSBORO, Ky. (WEHT) – After a day and a half of deliberating, the Catholic church has a new leader. In a history-making ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...