Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV — has been elected, a mere 249 years after the founding of the nation.

The New York Times reported on the pope’s maternal African heritage only because a Black New Orleans genealogist by the name ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

In his first formal audience Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope ...

A top candidate seen by many Vatican observers as having been the likely next pope said on Saturday that he was satisifed ...

New pontiff says AI is main challenge for humanity as he sets out vision of his papacy - New leader of the Catholic Church ...

A fascinating deep dive published by The Wall Street Journal sheds further light on how Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV this week.

Leo XIV said the Church must now take the lead in facing newer threats to workers, such as artificial intelligence.