The Catholic Church has a new leader, with the Augustinian cardinal Robert Prevost elected as Pope Leo XIV, his chosen name ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV by the College of Cardinals as the 266th successor of St. Peter, the ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, May 8 — the first pope from the United States.

Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a ...

Matthew Tufts and Thor Retzlaff have made the first ski descent of the north face of the 3,580m Lautaro volcano in Chilean Patagonia. Tufts and Retzlaff headed to the volcano two weeks ago.

Adrian Mattern and crew head deep into the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyrzstan to paddle the Sary-Jaz river.