Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, making him the first ...

Pope Leo XIV has laid out the vision of his papacy, and he has identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope, has been the topic of sports rumors since he was appointed, due to his Chicago roots, as he is a known White Sox fan.

New pontiff says AI is main challenge for humanity as he sets out vision of his papacy - New leader of the Catholic Church ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

In his first formal audience on Saturday, Leo made clear he will follow in the modernizing reforms of his predecessor, Pope Francis, to make the Catholic Church inclusive, attentive to the faithful, ...

The debate began immediately upon the announcement that the 267th pope of the Catholic Church was to be an American: What kind of American? The every word of Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, ...

Chicago native Robert Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. Prevost had been a long shot to people keeping track of the conclave, but ...

Leo, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of Saint Augustine at 22 years old after graduating ...

While heartened by the new pope's commitment to social justice, advocates say it's unclear whether Leo will continue Francis' ...