LIVE – Updated at 03:40. Pope Leo XIV has made history after being elected the first American-born pontiff.. The 69-year-old former Robert Prevost was chosen to be the 267th pope by the Conclave ...

Politics & Power: How Pope Leo XIV’s global & domestic influence will be measured & scrutinized as he pledges to unify Bruce Hamilton , The Morning Show anchor Published: May 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM ...

Pope Leo XIV is still keeping his cards close to his cassock, but people who have observed him over the years are helping ...

Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse. He has appointed a French ...

Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, can use his American upbringing to enhance significantly his papal ministry, but he must be careful to avoid the pitfalls also inherent in being a Yankee in Saint Peter's ...

Rerum Novarum will be a guiding influence. Leo XIII insisted in Rerum Novarum that labor ... Leo XIII’s interventions played a significant role in the United States as well. The pope supported ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Amazingly, miraculously, an American has been elected Holy See of the Catholic Church. Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, who spent much of his career in the nation of Peru, became ...

The name Leo has been chosen 13 times before today with the last, Pope Leo XIII, leading the church between 1878 and 1903. It is connected with popes tied with doctrinal authority and social teaching.

Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France's Bishop Thibault ...

Fascination with Pope Francis's funeral and Pope Leo's election ... Were his ornate vestments a nod to traditional American ... For those who predicted a decline in religious influence, ...

On May 7, Robert Francis Prevost entered the Sistine Chapel as a dark-horse cardinal from Chicago. A day later, after securing the votes of at least 89 out of his 132 peers, he appeared on the balcony ...