Pope Leo XIV, has a patchwork background that speaks to the melting pot that is the United States — and his birthplace, the ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history on May 8, 2025, when he stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the ...

From delivering help to flood-ravaged regions to singing Christmas songs to blessing babies, Pope Leo XIV tried to be a ...

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Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from the United States has been elected the new pope of the Catholic Church, making him the ...

INFOWeather1 Source: Own work License: CC BY-SA 4.0 Historical patterns in papal conclaves reveal how unexpected choices—like ...