As the world reacted to Thursday’s historic news that an American, Robert Prevost, would lead the Roman Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, Catholics in Tampa Bay and across Florida joined in the ...

About Pope Leo XIV Pope Leo XIV was born Robert Francis Prevost in Chicago in 1955. He is the first U.S. pope in the church's history, and is also a citizen of Peru, where he worked for many years.

Pope Leo XIV’s predecessor Leo XIII also had a strong devotion to Mary. Pope Leo XIII has the record for the number of encyclicals on the Holy Rosary — 12 in all.

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV warned Friday that artificial intelligence could negatively impact the intellectual, neurological and spiritual development of young people as he pressed one of the ...

Tampa Bay Catholics react to Pope Leo XIV with joy, reflection. News of the world’s first American pontiff rang out across Florida. ...