Robert F. Prevost, 69, was a longshot selection with extensive missionary experience in Peru and an approach similar to Pope ...

The election of Leo, the Catholic Church's first American pope, is drawing a mixed response from groups often at odds with ...

Robert Prevost of the U.S. is the new Catholic pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago-born cardinal ministered in ...

The month of May brings many things: flowers and other signs of spring, graduation season for many high schools and universities, and, in the Catholic Church, ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat ...

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

As cardinals prepare to meet to select the next pope, many are wondering what stance his successor will take on social issues ...

Massachusetts residents expressed shock that American-born Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church. What they said after his selection ...

The divisions are evident in issues like immigration, same-sex couples, and the role of women in the Church. Read more at ...

Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...

The 133 Cardinals that are set to decide the future of the Catholic church are now in Rome.They’re preparing for the ...