The Bishop of Marquette released a statement after the selection of Pope Leo XIV on Thursday - the first pope from the U.S.

The Catholic Church has elected its first American pope in history: Cardinal Robert Prevost. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

VATICAN CITY — (AP) — White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling that a pope has been elected to ...

Plumes of white smoke streaming from a Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday signaled that a new leader of the Roman Catholic ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops was elected the first ...

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The Apostolic Nuncio in Cameroon has urged the people of God in the country’s Buea Catholic Diocese to foster unity and ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...

On May 8, the first American pope was elected to lead the Catholic Church taking the name Pope Leo XIV. Here is a prayer for ...

The themes of Pope Leo XIV's speech seemed to suggest he would have continuity with his predecessor Pope Francis.

With the introduction of the newest Pope, Leo XIV, the Bishop of Lafayette, J. Douglas Deshotel, has issued a statement ...