Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

It is the quickest papal election in a century, beating the conclave of 2005, when Joseph Ratzinger claimed the title in less ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday begin the secretive, ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in history. Prevost, a missionary who ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s ...

White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica rang out Thursday, signaling ...

Robert Prevost, the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV.

He stressed the need to "build bridges" with "dialogue" and "love." Originally born in Chicago, the 69-year-old Prevost previously served as the bishop of Chiclayo, in Peru. In February ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent ... first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious ...