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

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

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

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

Just when I thought I was out of the Catholic Church, something extraordinary — an American pope — might pull me back in.

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

Bishop Edinson Farfán of Chiclayo, Peru, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, now Pope Leo XIV, in the face ...

Pope Leo XIV will receive a gold ring, an electric bulletproof Popemobile, and access to the cliffside residence at Castel ...

Father Robert Prevost first arrived in Peru in 1985 during a time of crisis, the aftermath of devastating El Niño rains that ...

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

Trump’s first-term rule—“Most Favored Nation”—was focused on lowering the cost of Medicare payments on certain drugs, but it ...

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