A new pope has been elected, and in a major surprise, an American has been chosen for the first time. Robert Francis Prevost ...

Pope Leo XIV says he chose his papal name as a nod to the Catholic Church‘s last Leo, who stood as a source of stability and ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

While Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago, Illinois, records show that his family lineage has deep roots in Louisiana.

Robert Prevost, a native of Chicago, is a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s office ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take ...

But many people in the square looked puzzled at first, and the complete lack of phone coverage meant that most couldn't look ...

ABC News’ Linsey Davis reports on the significance of Pope Leo XIV’s name and what it hints at for the future of his papacy.

Parishioners in St. Augustine expressed a sense of optimism and hope for the new pontiff the morning after the Vatican made ...

Vatican reporter Gerard O'Connell, Colleen Dulle and Sam Sawyer, S.J., discuss the unexpectedly quick election of the first ...

Prevost, a member of the Augustinian religious order, lived for years in Peru first as a missionary and then as an archbishop ...

Pope Leo XIV gave his first homily at a Mass on Friday, one day after he was selected by a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to lead the Catholic Church. The first U.S. pope in history said he ...