A Tribute to the First Latin American Pontiff,” a new book from USA TODAY, honors the memories of Pope Francis’ ...

Although any baptized Catholic man is technically eligible to be the pope, none of the previous 266 popes in history had been from America.

Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid and Black Freedom during the Civil War,” was selected as a 2025 Pulitzer Prize winner in history.

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

In choosing Robert Francis Prevost, the conclave has done what many Vatican insiders considered unthinkable.

History was made on Thursday when Robert Francis Prevost was selected as the first American head of the Catholic Church, ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69 — now known as Pope Leo XIV — was named as the first leader of the Catholic church to come from ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the new pope, set to succeed the late Pope Francis and mark the first time an American has served as pope. He took the name Leo XIV and emerged ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, ...

Scott and Aaron remember the 1992 ratification of the 27th Amendment - a process that began with a college student's paper.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...