Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has become the first-ever American elected as the leader of the Catholic Church -- now known by his pontifical name of Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old, born on the ...

Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass Friday, the day after becoming the first US head of the Catholic Church, with the world ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost tells crowds ‘peace be with you’ as he is elected first American pope - The Chicago native is the ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, left, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrates his first Mass on Friday after his historic election as the first North American pope, meeting with ...

Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Thursday after four rounds of voting as the new head of the Catholic ...

The brother of Pope Leo XIV said that ahead of the conclave, the soon-to-be pontiff played word games with him and watched ...

First American pontiff Robert Prevost takes Catholic Church helm amid increasing global turmoil - The 69-year-old former ...