A Chicago couple, Heather Schmit-Jaroch and Dominic Jaroch, were thrilled to learn that the priest who married them in 2014 is now the 267th pope, Pole Leo XIV.

The new pope will preside over an inauguration Mass on Sunday in St. Peter’s Square, according to the Vatican.

A Midwesterner, like the new Pope Leo XIV, Burger swelled with pride and saw a little opportunity for motivation. “Basically, I kind of thought: New Pope, new me,” Burger said Wednesday night. “He’s a Midwestern guy like me. I was proud. And since he’s been elected Pope, we’ve been rather hot.”

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has made peace with Jannik Sinner. The top-ranked tennis player visited the new pope on Wednesday, gave him a tennis racket and offered to play, during an off day for Sinner at the Italian Open.

Jetlagged but excited, Pope Leo XIV’s brother, John Prevost, is catching up on daily life after a whirlwind few days in the Vatican.

Pope Leo XIV, elected last week after the death of Pope Francis, discussed AI during an address to the College of Cardinals on Saturday.

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ pontificate by having women serve on the Vatican board that vets nominations for bishops.

U.S. President Donald Trump said he was open to talking to Pope Leo XIV about immigration. The new pope's brother John Prevost said in an interview with the New York Times last week that Leo is "not happy with what's going on with immigration.