When the 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost on May 8, 2025, appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Leo XIV, he was cheered loudly by the huge crowd of ...

When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called his niece and they watched in awe as his ...

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 ...

With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of the religious order known as the Augustinians, missionary to Peru, Cardinal of the ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy, and he has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

The new pope has taken in the recent antics of the New York Knicks thanks to their plethora of Villanova alumni.

In his first formal audience on Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope Francis, to make the Catholic Church inclusive, attentive to the faithful, ...

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.