Pope Leo XIV greeted the world for the first time on Thursday with the words “Peace be with you all.” The 69-year-old new Pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, was elected the first ...

Pope Leo told Turkish First Lady Emine Erdogan that he aims to visit Turkey at the end of November, according to a readout of ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

The ceremony was the first local ordination in the era of Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on May 8, succeeding Pope Francis to become history's first American pontiff.

Suburban Catholics gathering for their first Sunday Mass since Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV voiced optimism and enthusiasm for the new pontiff. At Our Lady of the ...

Vice President JD Vance led the U.S. delegation for Pope Leo’s inaugural mass ... Second Lady Usha Vance, Secretary of State Marco ... it’s very hard to fit a 2,000-year-old institution into ...

The 69-year-old Pope Leo XIV was born on the South Side and raised in south suburban Dolton. Holy Name Cathedral Fr. Andy Matijevic says the pope's South Side roots bring the Holy Father to a new ...

Pope Leo XIV became the leader of the Catholic Church on May 8, 2025, becoming the first pope to ever have been born in the United States. Here’s what you need to know. This story first appeared ...