CHICAGO -- 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 predecessor. In ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected by the conclave members May 8 to serve as the Roman Catholic Church's 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old makes history as the first ...

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 ...