Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Amid the mostly joyous reception for Robert Prevost, who stunned the world when he emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead ...

Will Leo follow in the steps of his predecessor Pope Francis and be a progressive? Or will he be a conservative, as many ...

A special mass at St. John the Evangelist honored Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago and has deep ties to Latin America.

When the white smoke poured out of St. Peter's Basilica last week, 73-year-old Port Charlotte resident Louis Prevost learned ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

Louis Prevost’s Facebook posts — no longer publicly viewable — suggest that he has embraced some of the most common ...