Pope Leo XIV in 2012 made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass media in promoting acceptance of same-sex relationships that conflicted with Catholic doctrine.

It was fitting that when Pope Leo XIV was elected the Italian Open tennis tournament was being played just up the road from the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s 2,000-year history.

Details have begun to emerge of how votes swiftly coalesced to make Pope Leo XIV history’s first American pope.

When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois and watched in awe as his brother’s name was announced.

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel.

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected pope.

Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected pope and hoped he will visit them soon in his new role.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order.

Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States.

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

The United States is the home country of 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope of the Catholic Church.

Even though cardinals don’t campaign for the job, there are always front-runners going into a conclave to choose the next pope.

Pope Francis’ big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church is heading into its final stretch.