Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.

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

Evangelical and other Protestant leaders have provided a range of reactions to the election of Pope Leo XIV, from some ...

Donohue also explained how Leo's Augustinian beliefs could influence his papacy, noting it is unusual for a pope to come from ...

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama shared their reaction to "fellow Chicagoan" Robert Francis Prevost becoming Pope Leo XIV, the ...

We all lost our minds. And we’re still losing our minds,” said Mike Blake, a Villanova University senior who met ...

Just days after cardinals elected a new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV delivered his first noon blessing on Sunday.

The Vatican’s choice of the first American pope is drawing reaction across New Mexico’s widespread Catholic community. With ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American born in Chicago,has been elected as the new pope and taken the name Leo XIV. CBS News ...

For many of us who slipped away from the Church, Pope Francis represented the kindness we were always looking for and still ...