Robert Prevost, the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, was not among the top contenders, making his selection a relative surprise.

Would the Chicago Cubs ask the new pope to throw out a ceremonial first pitch at Wrigley Field? A message to the team got a ...

WATCH: Newly-elected Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, addresses the public for the first time from the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and ...

Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country ...

U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Provost, 69 ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born missionary took the name Leo XIV. In his first words as Pope Francis’ ...

"The Pope is from Chicago. This is one of the biggest moments in the modern history of our city," said Mayor Brandon Johnson ...

Pope Leo XIV's choice of name signals a commitment to social justice, very much in line with the late Pope Francis’ global ...

Archbishop Bernard Hebda said he was surprised by the choice of an American-born pope to lead the worldwide church.

Vice President JD Vance and Pope Leo XIV appear to be on opposite sides of U.S. immigration policy and the true meaning of ...