White smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday afternoon as Pope Leo XIV, formerly the American cardinal ...

Listening and watching --- the world has its sights on Pope Leo XIV. But how will the new pope lead, and in what direction?

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead ...

Pope Leo XIV has been elected as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, and the job comes with a $33,000 monthly paycheck.

Two Americans, two global visions. President Trump and newly elected Pope Leo XIV now stand as the most powerful political ...

What does it mean that the newest pope has chosen the name Leo XIV? We look to the history of papal Leos to decode the choice.