Robert Prevost, the choice of the world’s Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church, is the first pope from the United States and a relative unknown on the global stage.

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

Pope Leo XIV has been known as the “Latin Yankee” in Rome for the decades he worked in Peru, ministering to the dispossessed ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV has been elected following roughly 24 hours of deliberation among the 133-member College of Cardinals, the Vatican announced on Thursday.

L'élection du nouveau pape Léon XIV suscite bien des interrogations, mais la plus surprenante concerne son salaire. Qui ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has spent much of his time serving in Peru. He was elected the first American pope from the U.S., and took the name Leo XIV.

In his first words as Pope Leo XIV, 69-year-old Robert Francis Prevost proclaimed “Peace be with you,” invoking a message of dialogue, unity and care for those in need from Vatican City.

Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.