Robert Francis Prevost has been announced as the new pope. Learn more about the duties of a pope, how long his term lasts, ...

The Rio de Janeiro landmark was lit with the message 'habemus papam' after Pope Leo XIV was elected on the second day of ...

It was lunchtime when I turned on EWTN, and the ceremony was just beginning in the atrium of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City.

Robert Francis Prevost is an American leader who can remind the world what the United States represents at its best.

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

At this moment of change and possibility, four principles that Francis lived, and that Leo XIV has begun to echo, must guide ...

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

The Catholic Church made history Thursday with the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff. The moment carried ...

An estimated 600 to 700 people at the 22nd annual Asian and Pacific Island Catholics Marian Pilgrimage to the Basilica of the ...

You have called me to carry that cross, and to be blessed with that mission, and I know I can rely on each and every one of you to walk with me,” the new pontiff said.

In a historic decision on Thursday, American Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. His papal name is Pope Leo XIV — the first pontiff in history to hail f ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass this morning following his election, calling on the Church to focus on areas where ...