The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling ...

While heartened by the new pope's commitment to social justice, advocates say it's unclear whether Leo will continue Francis' ...

Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has become the first American ever to be elected pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

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

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with interfaith environmental networks and Indigenous organizations to place forest prot ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.

Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday noon blessing since being elected as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...