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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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The new pope Leo XIV is scheduled to deliver his first Sunday blessing from the loggia where he first appeared in public after being ... cardinals shared their reaction to the new leader of ...

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...