Men holding a U.S. flag cheer as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, appears ...

The first pope who took the name Leo became pope in 440. Known as “Leo the Great,” he promoted the doctrine of papal primacy ...

(OSV News) — The following is the full text of the “urbi et orbi” blessing given by Pope Leo XIV after his election May 8, ...

As news rippled across the world that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, an American Catholic prelate, was elected pope, ...

Con gran alegría y profunda gratitud al Espíritu Santo, me uno a mis hermanos y hermanas católicos de todo el mundo para dar ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost became the first pope elected from the United States and took the name Leo XIV. He is the 267th pope.

With deep joy and profound gratitude to the Holy Spirit, I join with my sister and brother Catholics from around ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the name Leo XIV, appears on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica ...

Once elected, the new pope remains in Rome (the late Pope Francis never again visited his native Argentina after his ...

White smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel today at 6:09 p.m. Rome time, signaling the College of ...