VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help to ...

Valerio Masella used to meet Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, twice a week for an hour-long training session at the Omega gym.

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.

Prevost, a U.S. native and naturalized citizen of Peru, spent his childhood growing up in Chicago. Here's what we know about his family.

A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a pope from the states, but it has happened.

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 in a gold embroidered sash. He clasped his hands in prayer and smiled as the crowds chanted his name, and “ Viva La Papa! ”

Cardinal Robert Prevost is the first American pope in 2,000 years. What are his political views? Has he said anything about LGBTQ or women? Find out.

Pope Prevost's first public appearance in the papamobile. Ovation in St. Peter's Square as he blesses and greets the crowd standing on the open-top car. The era of Leo XIV begins. The car