"Peace be with all of you!" Those were the first words of Pope Leo XIV, the newly anointed leader of the Catholic Church. As Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost addressed the ecstatic crowd gathered in St ...

When observers witnessed white smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope had been chosen, most expected that the late Pope Francis’s successor would hail from Europe. It came ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Cardinal Robert Prevost may be the first person from the U.S. to become the head of the Catholic Church but his surprising election by the world's cardinals as Pope Leo XIV ...

Growing up, Louis Prevost knew there was something special about his brother, Pope Leo XIV. "We knew as a family from a very young age, there was something special about Rob," Louis told CBS News ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, greets the faithful as he appears from the Central Loggia of St. Peter's Square on May 8, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. Credit - ...