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

A priest with the Diocese of Providence was among those in attendance Thursday afternoon when Robert Prevost was announced as the new pope.

St. Dominic’s Chapel on the Providence College Campus was filled with students reacting to the election of the first American Pope. Many students shared that they were “shocked” by the choice of ...

The entire Catholic world is buzzing after the election of Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old former Cardinal Robert Prevost was ...