Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

The Trump White House had perhaps a surprising reaction to past criticism of the president by newly elected Pope Leo XIV.

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For American Catholics, the elevation of Robert Prevost to the papacy was a shock, a cause for celebration and a chance for ...

There were seagulls loitering by the tin chimney at the Vatican as it billowed white smoke heralding the election of Pope Leo XIV the first all-American pope, evocative of land ahoy that seagulls used ...

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American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

Before we met Pope Leo XIV, shows like "The New Pope" and "The Young Pope" mythologized the Vatican to the masses ...

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