Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on Thursday, May 8, to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church.

Robert Francis Prevost waved to thousands of onlookers in St. Peter's Square from the central window of St. Peter’s Basilica ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been announced as the next pope, becoming the first American leader of the Catholic ...

For centuries, the world has turned its gaze to the Vatican whenever white smoke rises above the Sistine Chapel. That puff of ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.