Pope Leo, 69, is used to a global outreach that extends far beyond his native country. He holds dual citizenship from the U.S ...

Pope Leo XIV’s childhood neighbors in suburban ... It took this long, but here he is, first American pope.” Prevost, for his part, said he always knew his brother — who was then Robert ...

In an interview with PEOPLE, John Doughney of Grapevine, Texas, recalled his early days with Pope Leo when they were just ... that's the unique part of it is 13-year-olds are developing and ...

On most days, the Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s busiest tourist destinations, but this week it served as the world’s most secretive polling station as 133 cardinals voted for the 267th ...

Leo is now tied for the fourth most common name chosen by popes, along with Clement. Only John, Gregory and Benedict have proven more popular. But we haven’t had a Pope Leo in more than a ...

After choosing not to speak in his native tongue at his announcement — opting for Italian, Spanish and Latin — Pope Leo XIV said part of his first papal mass in English in the Sistine Chapel.

When Cardinal Robert Prevost appeared on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, he was introduced by the name Leo XIV. The choice signals what the Catholic Church could look like under his papacy.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my short conversation with Cardinal Robert Prevost, I could tell he was a good ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff ... but my mom was born up here in Chicago," he said. "Part of his job is to bring the Catholic community together again. It's already started." ...

Newly elected as pope, Robert Prevost has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name. No pope has been named Leo since the early 1900s. The most recent, Pope Leo XIII, served as supreme pontiff from 1878 to ...