cardinals ended the 2025 papal conclave with the election of a new pontiff. The man chosen, Cardinal Robert Prevost, will be known as Pope Leo XIV — the first pope ever from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV's papal name has a storied history — and stretches all the way back to the year 440 TIZIANA FABI/AFP via Getty The 267th pope has chosen his new name: Pope Leo XIV. Born with his ...

And now, after 2,000 years, they've got a pope, too. Chicagoans don't mind too much that Pope Leo XIV is apparently not ... though it wasn’t clear which papal candidate prevailed.

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S. politics and his papal duties. Pope Leo XIV might be "gringo" by ...

Leo has been chosen 13 times before. "The name Leo harkens back to Pope Leo the Great," the first pope with the name Leo, CBS News papal contributor ... that Pope Leo XIV is interested "in ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Leo presided over his first formal audience, with the cardinals who elected him pope. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday ...

Peter’s Square on Sunday as Pope Leo XIV formally assumes leadership of ... His homily is expected to outline key priorities for his papacy, with peace emerging as a central theme.

The footage shows Pope Leo XIV delivering a prayer before the members of the college from the altar of the historic Roman cathedral, and is then seen kneeling in a private prayer on a prie-dieu.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, is first US pope In first moments, new pope offers hints about his papacy Last Pope Leo, 1878-1903, was an advocate for worker's rights VATICAN CITY ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in ... In his first appearance to the world as pope Thursday evening, Leo wore the papacy’s traditional red cape— which Pope Francis rejected ...

Villanova University celebrated the appointment of Pope Leo XIV, a member of the Pennsylvania school’s class of 1977, calling the papal event “a moment of profound significance.” ...

Pope Leo XIV's choice of name also suggests a continuation of much of Pope Francis' ministry. Pope Francis, whose birth name was Jorge Mario Bergoglio, chose a papal name that hadn't been chosen ...