CHICAGO (WLS) -- Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as Pope Francis' successor on Thursday, taking the papal name Leo XIV. The world is wondering how the first American pope compares to his ...

In his first speech as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Leo XIV’s words and decisions have been heavily scrutinized as indicators of the views he will ...

Five days into the papacy of Pope Leo XIV, Americans are fairly split on whether they think he has liberal or conservative political beliefs, a new poll found. Screengrab from Vatican News' video of ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, became the first American-born pope in the Catholic Church’s history when plumes of white smoke rose over the Sistine Chapel Thursday. He took ...

Javier Cercas’ European Book Prize-winning work turns a Vatican trip into a searching conversation about faith, death, and what Europe still expects from religion. When Spanish novelist Javier Cercas ...