Leo is the first pope with a pre-papal social media presence, which helps paint an early picture of his positions on various ...

As the campus winds down for the semester, bells rang and memes were created for 1977 graduate Robert Prevost, who's now Pope ...

Church bells echoed out as Catholics congregated in the Peruvian capital on Thursday to celebrate the election of ...

In a stunning decision, the Catholic College of Cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the U.S., leading to ...

A man is charged with indecent exposure after several reported incidents at a grocery store in North Carolina, but law ...

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...

Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country ...

The new Pope is Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope Leo XIV - the first American pontiff to be elected leader of the ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

As Pope Leo XIV stepped out in front of cheering crowds outside of St. Peter’s Basilica to give his first speech as head of ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday begin the secretive, ...

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, an Augustinian and former bishop in Peru, represents the triumph of continuity — but with the ...