Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected ...

The world has welcomed its new pope: Robert Francis Prevost. On May 8, 2025, white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a new pope had been chosen following the passing of Pope ...

History was made on Thursday when Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the first American head of the Catholic Church, taking the name of Pope Leo XIV. The idea of an American pope has historically ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected pope on Thursday, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church. He has chosen the papal title of Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old ...

Tweets from an X account appearing to belong to the newly elected leader of the Catholic Church, Robert Francis Prevost, resurfaced and were widely shared on social media Thursday, showing him ...

For the first time in history, an American has been elected as Pope. The idea of an American pope has often been dismissed, even by theologians in the United States in the run-up to this week’s ...

The first American pope, born Robert Francis Prevost, most recently voted in the 2024 presidential election via absentee ballot ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Pope Leo XIV voted numerous times in his ...

When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as Pope Leo XIV, the first American to ever hold the papacy, the moment was both historic and surprising. Prevost ...

Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope Francis and lead the Roman Catholic Church. The new pontiff, who has taken the ...