White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take the helm of the Roman Catholic Church. The man who emerged was a surprise ...

The man who is now known as Leo XIV becomes the 267th Bishop of Rome and the successor to Francis, one of the most liberal ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is the first pope from the United States. The 69-year-old from ...

Before shepherding his diocese, Bishop Martin had previously spent a successful dozen years as the Catholic chaplain at North ...

The life of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, came into focus Friday as the world digs into the past of the first American leader of the Catholic Church. Leo, 69, grew up on Chicago’s South Side ...

Leo XIII published the encyclical “Rerum Novarum” (On New Things) in 1891, which promoted the rights of workers and the need to fight injustice and help the poor.

Here are seven things you should know about Pope Leo XIV. Though Robert Prevost was born in Chicago, he became known within the Vatican as the "least American" of US cardinals. His long tenure in ...

Pope Leo XIV: Robert Prevost became the 267th leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday. Pope Leo XIV: Cardinal Robert Prevost, a long-time missionary in Latin America, has been elected as the new ...

His election represents continuity with the papacy of the late Pope Francis, and he is expected to continue Francis’ reforms ...

Leo XIII published the encyclical “Rerum Novarum” (On New Things) in 1891, which promoted the rights of workers and the need to fight injustice and help the poor. No paywalls here. Thanks to you.

The following are 12 things you need to know about Pope Leo. #1. Bob, the tennis lover The former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, elected as the Catholic Church’s 267th Pope, is a tennis-loving ...