Catholic cardinals have elected Robert Prevost, the first Pope from the United States of America, who has taken the new name Pope Leo XIV after the conclave ...

In selecting Prevost, the Conclave appears to be betting that his mixed identity—a Pope both of America and the world—will ...

This election is a sensation — even though Robert Prevost's name had been dropped time ... and President of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. At his penultimate consistory in 2023 ...

The 69-year-old will become Leo XIV as he succeeds the late Pope Francis, who brought the Peruvian-American to the Vatican ...

Chicago is a city of deep rivalries – the South Side and North Side, the Cubs and the White Sox, Democrats and Republicans.

“Why did he chose Leo XIV as his name? Because you can say that Leo ... “The fact that he was born in the United States of America, boy, that’s a sense of pride and gratitude for us ...

Catholics in metro Detroit are praising the first American to be pope, who once lived in Michigan, saying he will continue ...

Even before his name was announced from the balcony of ... although he is considered as much a cardinal from Latin America because of the many years he spent as a missionary in Peru.

“The fact that he was born in the United States of America, boy, that’s a sense of pride ... when the much-expected " Habemus Papam" — Latin for "we have a pope" — rang out from the ...

While Medieval Conclaves could extend for months and even years, the rules were tweaked by Pope John Paul II and Pope ...