In his first speech from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8, Leo said the cardinals chose him “to be the successor ...

Visits Augustinian shrine - He told cardinals a pontiff was "a humble servant of God and of his brothers and sisters, and nothing more than this". He praised Francis's "complete dedication to ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost, the pope told assembled cardinals a pontiff was “a humble servant of God and of his brothers and sisters, and nothing more than this”. He praised Francis’s ...

To celebrate the election of the 267th pope — the first American-born pontiff — the Detroit Free Press has crafted a ...

I’m just a back-pew riding son of a Primitive Baptist preacher, a man who was the best guy and most humble servant of the Lord I’ve ever known. There was a place in my dad’s heart and ...

From Chicago to Rome. From Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to Pope Leo XIV. From humble servant of God to the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. Habemus papam — we have a pope.