Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected to lead the Church and selected the name Leo XIV. The new pope was born in Chicago and became the first Holy Father from the United States of America.

As Catholics from around the world were watching the white smoke pour out of the chimney in the Vatican, students in Toledo ...

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...

Louisville Archbishop Shelton Fabre said newly elected Pope Leo XIV is the right man to lead the Catholic church in these ...

Thomas Kelly, a professor of theology at Creighton University, joined KETV NewsWatch 7 to discuss the historic day.

Pope Leo XIII, who served from 1878 to 1903, led the church into the modern world, emphasizing its moral authority beyond ...

Half a world away from The Vatican, Father Mike Roach of St. James Catholic Church in Liberty waited on Thursday for the ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

Catholics across the globe waited for that announcement, which came 67 minutes later: Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in history. The conclave of Cardinals came to this decision on ...

Archbishop William Lori has met Pope Leo XIV many times over the course of his career. He says Pope Leo XIV's American roots are a point of pride.

Another longtime friend, the Rev. Robert Hagan, said that Robert Prevost was his mentor and superior when he was studying to become a priest in Racine, Wis., in the late 1990s. They watched Chicago ...