Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

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

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

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Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

The newly anointed Pope Leo XIV came to the balcony clad in a white cassock topped by a red cape trimmed in ermine and draped ...

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

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost has spent much of his time serving in Peru. He was elected the first American pope from ...

On day two of the conclave and after only four rounds of voting, Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected and will be known as ...

Leo XIV’s predecessor Pope Francis, birth name Jorge Maria Bergoglio, appointed 80% of the cardinals who voted to elect one ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church — and his papal name is Pope Leo XIV ...

Robert Prevost has been named the new pope. But why did he opt to select the title Leo XIV? Here's a closer look at its ...