Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

Americans are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert Francis Prevost.

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More than a dozen members of the Gary Memorial United Methodist Church in Wheaton already traveling in Rome witnessed papal ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

To discuss the implications of Robert Prevost’s election as pope, for both the church and for the world’s 1.4 billion ...

Contrary to early reports, the new pontiff isn't a Cubs fan — and the Sox faithful couldn't be prouder. "It's a dream," Helen ...

Pope Leo XIV called for an end to war in the world as he greeted crowds from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica on Sunday, in ...

On Thursday, the papal conclave announced its election of Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born supreme ...

Americans and world leaders are cheering for the new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, whose name is Robert ... for Villanova University and the global Church!" university president ...

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