Robert Prevost, a tennis-loving, Wordle-playing White Sox fan from Chicago, is now leader of the world's nearly 1.5 billion Catholics. Vatican observers describe what the election of Leo XIV, the ...

Pope Leo XIV led the Regina caeli prayer — often spoken during the time between Easter Sunday and Pentecost — in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, May 11. The pontiff, who was elected on May 8 after a ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

Cardinal electors begin voting for new pope in Vatican 2025 conclave, as world waits for signal of white smoke.

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement is expected to be a May 10 meeting with cardinals. He'll then have midday ...

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

Being here in Rome, being part of something that’s thousands of years old, and seeing a list of every pope since St. Peter — you see this continuous chain, and you just know you’re part of ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, delivering a passionate speech that ...

DETROW: ...The newly elected pope, Leo XIV, celebrated his first public Mass as head of the Catholic Church. He also gave his ...