Advocates for victims of sex abuse say there needs to be an accounting of how then-Cardinal Robert Prevost handled such cases ...

On Thursday, the Vatican in Rome made history when the conclave of cardinals chose U.S.-born Robert Francis Prevost to be the ...

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

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

Thousands of Catholics gathered on Saturday for an outdoor mass in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo to celebrate the election of ...

So what can we expect from Prevost? His Augustinian roots suggest discipline and seriousness. And his Chicago roots, say we, ...

In Peru, Pope Leo XIV is known as the saintly missionary who waded through mud after torrential rains flooded the region, bringing help to needy people, and as the bishop who spearheaded the ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role ...

Pope Leo XIV will give his first Sunday noon blessing since being elected as the first U.S.-born pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history.

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical ...

Pope Leo XIV (born Robert Francis Prevost) is the second Roman Pontiff, after Pope Francis, from the Americas. Unlike Jorge ...