While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis. By Tim Balk When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

By Jason Horowitz Reporting from Vatican City In retrospect, Pope Leo XIV had it all going for him. The new pope, whose election on the second day of the conclave stunned the Roman Catholic world ...

He has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name to lead the Catholic church. White smoke pouring out from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City signaled Thursday that Catholic cardinals had selected ...