Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass in Sistine Chapel.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, May 9. The pontiff, born Robert ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago-born missionary, was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

Pope Leo XIV marked his first full day Friday as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church by celebrating Mass ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

Pope Leo XIV's election as pope marks a 'super happy day' for Catholics around the world, according to the chair of Catholic ...

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed that choice of the name Leo was a reference to Leo XIII and the social doctrine of ...

Pope Leo XIV led his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel a day after being elected as the head of the Catholic Church. Pope Leo ...

As bells tolled in Vatican City with the announcement of a new pope, Chicago was celebrating as the first U.S.-born pope made ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the ...