Americans gathered in St. Peter’s Square on May 8 to celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the ...

White smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that a conclave of cardinals have selected a new pope: Robert Prevost of the United States. He is the first American Pope in history ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

How long does it take to choose a pope? In this case, only two days. The Vatican doesn’t publish official data on the number ...

The United States was often deemed too powerful — militarily, diplomatically, and even culturally — for one of its own to ...