Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected ...

On the second day of the conclave, the 133 cardinals elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a native of Chicago, is the new pope and has taken the name ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first American pope, held his first mass in the Sistine Chapel Friday morning. It comes after he was selected by the papal conclave to take over as leader of the 1.4 ...

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, 69, will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope from the United States, whom Vatican experts say mirrors his predecessor’s championing ...

American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was named Thursday as the new leader of the Catholic church. The first American pope in history has taken the name Leo XIV. White smoke poured out of the ...