Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago as Robert Francis Prevost, is Black. He is a descendant of Creoles in New Orleans, including ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the Middle East and Ukraine and ...

While in Rome for the tournament May 14, the world’s highest-ranked tennis player walked into the halls of the Vatican and ...

With the election of the new Pope Leo XIV, Pensions & Investments reviewed the financial standing of the United States ...

On this episode of The Rundown, host MaryCatherine Neal talks to 8News anchor Madison Moore and Assistant News Director ...

Cardinal Michael Czerny said that when Cardinal Robert F. Prevost was elected pope and chose the name Leo XIV, ...

ENDEAVOR Pope Leo XIV is the sixth pope I have known throughout my life. Thanks to social media, and to his being the first American Pope, he could well ...

Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...

Pope Leo XIV on Wednesday offered to mediate between leaders of countries at war, saying that he himself 'will make every effort so that this peace may prevail.' ...