As the first pope from the United States and a dual citizen of America and Peru, Pope Leo XIV — a native of the Windy City — ...

To understand Pope Leo XIV, look to his namesake, says Ward Fitzgerald, a Philly area businessman who helps raise money for ...

Erik Pohlmeier, bishop of the Diocese of St. Augustine, is one of many welcoming Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, a ...

Mildred Prevost, a mother of three who sought a graduate degree, held her religious devotion at the center of her life.

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

When 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as ...

The man who is now known as Leo XIV becomes the 267th Bishop of Rome and the successor to Francis, one of the most liberal ...

The Vatican announced the selection of a new pope to lead the Catholic Church on Thursday, the first to come from the United ...

Some of the cardinals who elected him said his life of service to the poor in Peru and to the church at the Vatican mattered ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...

In his first official address as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV shared a surprising influence behind his chosen name: artificial ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.