The pope’s election coincides with an era that is fraught with war and rising global authoritarianism. He takes the helm of a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Spanish giants FC Barcelona sent a heartfelt message to the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, after he became the first American to ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...