Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Shortly after the history-making announcement of the first American pope, Leo XIV, Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield released a statement.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND)- On Thursday, May 8th, Cardinal Robert Prevost was selected as the new pope. He is the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV is praying for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See. Leo's comments Sunday were his first ...

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(WAND) — Bishop Thomas John Paprocki called ... Friday following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, a native of Chicago and fellow White Sox fan, was ...

Pope Leo XIV’s record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed ...

“I think he does believe he was saved to do great things as president,” Stephen Mansfield, the author of the 2018 book ...

Pope Leo declared himself a Roman as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of the St John Lateran Basilica, ...

Leo on Sunday made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his new pontificate.

Earlier, the bells of St Peter’s Basilica rang as Leo waved from the back of the popemobile which looped slowly through the ...