Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The first American Pope, Leo XIV, has spoken about the role of women in the Catholic Church. In an interview with Vatican New s in ...

The Catholic Church elected its new leader on May 8, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis. Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is now known as Pope Leo XIV, and the Chicago native has already ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago, has been elected to be the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church, more than two weeks after the death of Pope Francis. The 69-year-old was ...

Habemus papam — and he’s from Chicago! Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope on Thursday — the first American in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. The 69-year-old took the name ...

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have at least one thing in common with the new pope. After all, the former president and first lady both hail from Chicago just like Robert Francis Prevost, who was ...

American cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been named the 267th pope Prevost will take the name Pope Leo XIV, and is the first American pope His appointment follows the death of Pope Francis on ...

Robert Francis Prevost: In a historic decision, Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday as Pope Leo XIV. With this, he became the first American to ascend the papacy and lead about 1.4 billion ...