Philadelphia woman confirmed by Pope Leo XIV in Peru says she prays for pontiff daily 02:01. As the world looks to the future ...

Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost has gone by “Bob” for most of his life. On Thursday, the 69-year-old became Pope Leo ...

New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...

The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and ...

His election reflects a Church that is not shrinking but expanding — a Church alive in every corner of the world, including ...

Church leaders in Ireland have paid tribute to Pope Leo’s pastoral experience in the peripheries of the Church and his ...

While posturing as a reformer, Prevost was selected to further the Church’s alliance with capital and protect its own ...

The new pope’s status as an American shocked me, and I immediately began to consider the politics and symbolism of the choice.

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or ...

The ecumenical patriarch, who had hoped to visit Iznik, Turkey, with Pope Francis in May to mark the 1,700th anniversary of ...

The contrast between President Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally, or in ...