Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

American cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected history’s first-ever pope from the United States hailed him ...

Who would have thought that Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle’s “first act of charity” to then cardinal, now Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost would be giving him a candy? And it’s not just the new pope ...

Pope Francis opened the door to the LGBTQ faithful, and they are hoping the new pontiff continues to move the Catholic Church toward acceptance.

Louis Prevost, brother of newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, reenacts his reaction after he saw his brother on ...

Cardinal says Leo will be ‘darn good Pope’ as White House downplays Trump tensions - Celebrations for Pope Leo XIV have swept ...

Between class periods at Turlock’s Sacred Heart School on Thursday, the news that white smoke could be seen coming from the ...

Pope Leo XIV has been with Augustinian order almost since childhood, wanted to be one of their priests since he was 13 ...

Robert Francis Prevost, a Villanova University graduate and a Chicago native, was chosen as the first American pope in ...

A day after the conclusive papal election, more US Catholic cardinals and bishops voiced their gratitude, joy and hopes for ...

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

Religious affairs expert Martin O’Brien reports from Rome on the prospects of the man chosen to lead the Catholic Church ...