Just hours after stepping onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet a cheering crowd, Pope Leo XIV quietly returned ...

The new pope said he would be guided by a key document that his predecessor wrote listing the church’s priorities, including ...

Prevost, the 267th leader of the church and the first American pope, is now Leo XIV. But back when he was skinny undergrad at Nova, he was just Robert. The Chicago native was in what the church calls ...

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News of an American pope, and a Chicagoan, causes NPR's Scott Simon to remember what it was like attending Mass in his ...

As white smoke appeared and bells tolled, the crowd in St. Peter's Square reacted to the news of a new pope. People were ordered to evacuate from a high-rise building in Clearwater, Florida, after ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-area native and former substitute teacher at St. Rita High School, has become the first ...

Many Catholics across Connecticut are hopeful that history’s first American pope, Leo XIV, can unify a divided world and carry on his predecessor's legacy of inclusiveness. “My first thought was that ...

Duke of Edinburgh to represent King at inauguration of Pope Leo XIV - The Duke of Edinburgh is to represent the King at the ...

The chimney of the Sistine Chapel, used to signal the election of a new pope, was dismantled on Saturday as faithul continued to flock to St. Peter's Square ahead of Pope Leo XIV's first Regina Coeli ...

Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, is set to represent King Charles at the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV. Prince William ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV began his first homily with words in English during Mass in the Sistine Chapel with the College of ...