Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost – now known as Pope Leo XIV — is the first pope from the United States. The 69-year-old from ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV has been elected following roughly 24 hours of deliberation among the 133-member College of Cardinals, the Vatican announced on Thursday.

The Reverend James Bretzke, a theology professor at John Carroll University in Ohio, told USA Today this week that a diplomat ...

The successor of Pope Francis has been selected. Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago, the first American pope. According to the Vatican, he will go by Leo XIV. Here's what we know. Start the day ...

A new pope has been named following the death of former Pope Francis. Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo the Fourteenth, will deliver a short speech and a prayer before being inaugurated at St.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent ... but he aligns closely with Pope Francis on topics like environmental care, assistance to the impoverished and migrants, and engaging ...

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

CHICAGO (WGN) — Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago and raised in Dolton, has been selected to lead the Catholic Church as the 267th pope. He will be known as Pope Leo XIV and becomes the ...

In a historic moment for the Roman Catholic Church, Robert Francis Prevost, a cardinal from the south suburbs of Chicago, has been elected as the 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV.

Jason Horowitz Motoko Rich and Elizabeth Dias Reporting from Vatican City Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first pope from ...