Pope Leo was born in the United States, but for his adopted nation of Peru, he is a “Chiclayano” – a son of the bustling ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff, succeeding the late Pope Francis.

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

President Donald Trump has claimed to have played a role in the selection of Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV, previously Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV's former diocese reacted with jubilation when it was announced that their former bishop had been named the new ...

Leo also means “Lion.” Online sources say a lion symbolizes “courage, strength, power, leadership and majesty. In some ...

"Bishop Prevost was never the kind of bishop who gave orders from behind a desk," said Janinna Sesa Córdova, who led Caritas ...

Robert F. Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, has voted in Will County, Illinois, over the past 13 years ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

Attendees at the Mass shouted "¡Viva el Papa León!" ("Long live Pope Leo!") and "¡El papa es chiclayano!" ("The pope is a ...

When the Conclave’s selected Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost as the 267th Bishop of Rome, Sister Patricia Mulderick, RSM, a ...