Pope Leo XIV, or Cardinal Robert Prevost, from Chicago, was chosen to lead the Catholic Church and has Creole roots.

Before we met Pope Leo XIV, shows like "The New Pope" and "The Young Pope" mythologized the Vatican to the masses.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who ...

Pope Leo was among several cardinals who turned to the film “Conclave” for pointers prior to the start of the election this ...

Learn about the new holy leader and discover the accomplishments of figures such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, Selena Quintanilla, ...

Catholics in metro Detroit are praising the first American to be pope, who once lived in Michigan, saying he will continue ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

Thursday was a momentous day for Catholics around the world as a new pope was elected. Pope Leo XIV, an American, is the ...

After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every ...