Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

As a historically Catholic city, New Orleans was always going to celebrate the new pope. Zoom in: But once news broke that ...

The election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new pontiff has delighted Catholics and ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass with the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, May 9. The pontiff, born Robert ...

Pope Leo XIV has apparently made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, ...

Texas' Catholic bishops are impressed by the newly elected pope's commitment to global peace just days after his election to ...

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

The election of Cardinal Robert Prevost​, who will now forever be known as Pope Leo XIV​ and the first American pope​,​ ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass on Sunday near the tomb of St. Peter, hours before he was to deliver his first Sunday noon ...

Pope Leo XIV granted an audience to media representatives for the first time. Among the many questions posed to him, one ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first North American pope, said Friday that his election was both a cross and a blessing as he ...

On Saturday's episode of The Excerpt podcast: Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first mass as leader of the Roman Catholic Church Friday. USA TODAY Senior Congress Reporter Riley Beggin discusses how ...