Hispanic Americans have long contributed to politics, science, movies and TV, the arts, and sports, among many other industries. Latin American talent includes musicians who have exploded onto the ...

To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor for decades, spoke Spanish and Italian ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as the first pope from the United States in the Church's history.

Pope Leo XIV became the first American-born pope in the history of the Catholic Church on Thursday, hailing from Chicago and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

Over an hour after the white smoke emerged, the new pope, clad in his papal vestments, stepped out onto the balcony and ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost is elected Pope Leo XIV to become the first pope from the US. Read a recap of the events of May 8.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected pope, the first time an American has led the Roman Catholic Church. Prevost, 69, ...

The Chicago-born clergyman will now lead the Catholic Church, with its 1.4 billion followers around the world.

As soon as white smoke was seen rising over the Italian capital, signaling the selection of a new pope, people began rushing ...

Cardinals from around the world chose Robert Francis Prevost to lead the Catholic Church’s 1.4 billion followers, making him ...