I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...

Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling church cardinals that they should take up that “precious legacy” and ...

By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American pontiff, ...

Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents on his mother’s side lived in New Orleans before they migrated to Chicago, where his mother, ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, faces a symbolic choice in the Vatican that could define his leadership.

Originally Robert Francis Prevost, the newly elected pontiff became the first American to ascend to the highest position in ...

Update: Responses to Pope Leo XIV's election are coming in. Read through them below: "Cecilia and I congratulate the first ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected to succeed Pope Francis as the next leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday, ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled Thursday after ...

Now Pope Leo XIV has the potential to shake up the global Catholic power structure, by elevating an American with a strong ...

As the Catholic Church prepares to elect its next spiritual leader, here’s a detailed look at the centuries-old ritual of the papal conclave, an event marked by history, secrecy, and sacred tradition.