Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Last week, white smoke from the Vatican signaled that he'd been elected the first North American pope in the history of the Catholic Church. Adopting the name Leo XIV, the new pontiff addressed the ...

This is the full text of the homily delivered by Pope Leo XIV on May 20, 2025, the day the Holy Father visited the Basilica ...