cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new pontiff. The man chosen, Cardinal Robert Prevost, will be known as Pope Leo XIV — the first pope ever from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV's papal name has a storied history — and stretches all the way back to the year 440 TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty The 267th pope has chosen his new name: Pope Leo XIV. Born with his ...

For the third straight time, the cardinals chose a new pope on the conclave’s second day, and they delivered a significant first. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV, the first ...

And now, after 2,000 years, they've got a pope, too. Chicagoans don't mind too much that Pope Leo XIV is apparently not ... though it wasn’t clear which papal candidate prevailed.

The newly elected pope, Leo XIV, celebrated his first public Mass ... a homily that could perhaps signal the direction he wants to take his papacy. Listening in was NPR religion correspondent ...

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S. politics and his papal duties. Pope Leo XIV might be "gringo" by ...

Prevost, who chose Leo XIV as his papal name, was selected to lead the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and succeed Pope Francis. Pope Leo XIV is the first pope born in the United States and the ...

The newly elected Pope Leo XIV, previously known as Cardinal Robert Prevost, may introduce a fresh approach to the papal ministry. Historian Jose de Carvalho emphasizes that Cardinal Prevost does ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Leo presided over his first formal audience, with the cardinals who elected him pope. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday ...

Peter’s Square on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV formally assumes leadership of ... His homily is expected to outline key priorities for his papacy, with peace emerging as a central theme.

Villanova University celebrated the appointment of Pope Leo XIV, a member of the Pennsylvania school’s class of 1977, calling the papal event “a moment of profound significance.” ...