Taking the name Leo XIV, the American was elected to be the 267th pontiff and spiritual leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

Cardinal Prevost was elected pontiff on the second day of the conclave, becoming the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics.

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P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

Francis may have been globally admired, but within the church hierarchy he was a polarizing figure. This could have resulted ...

While younger cardinals are busy choosing the new pope, older cardinals are mostly waiting it out like the rest of us ...

Leo XIV’s predecessor Pope Francis, birth name Jorge Maria Bergoglio, appointed 80% of the cardinals who voted to elect one ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevos in the U.S., has been chosen to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic ...

In a process that could've taken weeks, months or even years, and has in the past, the new pope was chosen in the third round ...

Pope Francis' successor has been elected, and it's the first American pope. Here's what we know about Cardinal Robert Prevost ...

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama shared their reaction to "fellow Chicagoan" Robert Francis Prevost becoming Pope Leo XIV, the ...

President Donald Trump took to social media to congratulate the newly elected Pope Leo XIV — formerly Cardinal Robert Francis ...