Catholic cardinals on Thursday elected Robert Francis Prevost, an American, as their 267th pontiff on Thursday. He took the ...

After less than 24 hours of seclusion in the Vatican, cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new ...

Cardinals returned to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday to resume voting for a new pope after the first conclave ballot failed ...

Hints as to what postures Pope Leo XIV might take on some of the most controversial issues roiling the U.S. may come from his ...

Elected as the Catholic Church's first global leader to hail from the United States, Pope Leo XIV is in a new job that will ...

Pope Leo XIV's choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with the late Pope Francis' ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first US pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

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 ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal selected Thursday as the next pope, is partially descended from Creole ...

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...

While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.