The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Pope Leo XIV in 2012 made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

Thousands cheered in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday when white smoke emerged over the Vatican, signaling the election of a new pope. He was introduced as Pope Leo XIV — formerly Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV, 69, was elected to take up the papal seat on Thursday, on the second day of the papal conclave’s deliberations. Born Robert Prevost on Sept. 14, 1955 in Chicago, Ill., he was a ...

It was a truly hectic Sunday, May 25, for the American-born pope, as he visited the two major basilicas: St. John Lateran and ...

Leo's parents, Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Martínez, welcomed him on Sept. 14, 1955, in Chicago, where he was raised alongside brothers Louis and John. During a conversation with NBC News ...

More the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023. In his first Sunday St. Peter’s Square blessing as pope, Leo called for an ...