Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.

News of a new pope thrilled US-based social media users, especially midwesterners, many of whom were not expecting to see ...

P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope on Thursday, taking the name Leo XIV. U.S. media reacted to the ...

Pope Leo XIV is both the first American pope and the first boomer pope, and any projections about what his papacy will look ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV as the first-American pontiff shocked the world, and Chicago residents rejoiced in the Holy ...

I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!" In addition to reactions from local and state ...

Pope Leo XIV held his first public audience with members of the media, saying the church stood in solidarity with them for ...

In some of his first public remarks since being elevated to the papacy, Pope Leo XIV denounced the jailing of journalists and ...

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To discuss the implications of Robert Prevost’s election as pope, for both the church and for the world’s 1.4 billion ...