Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

Catholics and non-Catholics alike were abuzz with excitement in Chicago May 8, after one of the city's native sons became pope. Taking the name Leo XIV, the new pontiff has made ...

Here is how world leaders have reacted to the news. President Donald Trump, who attended Francis’ funeral in April, posted ...

The Rev. Jorge Millán, a priest who lived with Leo and other brothers in Chiclayo, said the new pope had a “mathematical mindset, he was orderly and punctual.” He washed his own dishes, he said, and ...

A man holding a rosary and U.S. flag reacts as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who has chosen the papal name Leo XIV, ...

But many people in the square looked puzzled at first, and the complete lack of phone coverage meant that most couldn't look ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

American Catholics were thrilled to learn the next pope was one of their very own: Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F.