If the new pope is able to update church teachings on some hot-button issues, it will be because Pope Francis set the stage ...

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, an Augustinian and former bishop in Peru, represents the triumph of continuity — but with the ...

Pope Leo XIV is registered to vote in the United States and has previously voted in some Republican primaries, but he is not ...

The first pope from the U.S. was born. On Tuesday, the second day of the conclave, 133 cardinal electors elected U.S.

One cardinal who cast his ballot said the pope’s choice of the papal name Leo might signal a particular interest in workers’ ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

Robert Francis Prevost was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023 and was responsible for vetting nominations for bishops ...

U.S. bishops hailed the election of former Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV May 8, a Chicago native and the first pope ...

Robert Prevost is the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. And Prevost's brother, John, ...