Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost poses for pictures at the end of the consistory during which he received the biretta hat from Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican City on Sept. 30, 2023.

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV (R), the American Robert Prevost, appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican after the Papal Conclave. Oliver Weiken/dpa The Catholic Church has a new ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost reintroduced himself to the world today as Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pope in history. Chris ...

"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 ...

As newly elected Pope Leo XIV — a native son of Chicago — made his first appearance on the loggia at St. Peter’s Basilica, Cardinal Blase Cupich looked on from an adjacent balcony, keenly aware of the ...

Christoph Sator, Robert Messer and Martina Herzog, dpa May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 ROME — The Catholic Church has a new pope: Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Thursday as the new head ...

The College of Cardinals Thursday elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a Chicago native, as the Catholic Church's 267th pope. Prevost, 69, took the name Pope Leo XIV. He is the first pope from the ...

SOAVE, Italy (AP) — The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a group of students at an international Catholic school in ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the Catholic Church’s new pope. His election was announced by the Vatican on Thursday afternoon, with the newly elected pope stepping out to address those gathered ...

A new pope has risen. After an even shorter conclave than the two-day affair during which Pope Francis was elected, the College of Cardinals picked Chicago-born Robert Prevost, 69, as the new leader ...

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 ...

Christoph Sator, Robert Messer and Martina Herzog, dpa May 8, 2025 May 8, 2025 ROME — The Catholic Church has a new pope: Chicago Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Thursday after four rounds ...