A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

New Pope Leo XIV was a major topic on this Saturday's edition of NBC's Saturday Night Live Weekend Update. Last week, ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American leader of the Catholic Church, previously known as Robert Francis Prevost, gave his first ...

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

On 8 May 2025, the Catholic Church entered a historic new era with the election of Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

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

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, ...

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked at a news briefing about the pope's X account and his posts that shared criticism of Trump and Vance's policies. The conference brought cardinals ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...