As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to ...

Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to ...

At the time Pope Francis picked Bishop Gregg Caggianelli, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — was running the Vatican office that selects and vets prospective bishops. Cardinal ...

From the very first moments of his papacy, when he addressed the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, it was clear that Pope Leo XIV would continue the path of openness set by his ...

Robert Francis Prevost was chosen on Thursday, May 8, to succeed Pope Francis as the head of the Catholic Church. The decision was announced after 133 cardinals deliberated for two days while ...

Andrea Riccardi, a church historian and diplomat, and founder of the lay Catholic Community of St. Egidio, said he believes Francis himself anointed then-Cardinal Robert Prevost, the future Pope ...

A huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square awaited the announcement of the pope’s identity Thursday, and they were rewarded to see the face of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerge.

Before Robert F. Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, he was apparently keeping a close eye on at least one major Illinois issue. Documents obtained by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times through a public ...

Before his election, then-Cardinal Robert Prevost echoed Pope Francis’ views. Leo XIV suggested that the Church’s “tent” must be open to all who seek God, according to NPR.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — As a bishop in Peru, Robert Prevost was often on the lookout for used cars that he could buy cheap and fix up himself for use in parishes around his diocese. With cars that ...