Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first pope from the ...

Pope Leo XVI, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, held the first Mass of his papacy in the Sistine Chapel on Friday morning, but that service was not open to the public.

Leo XIV’s pontificate will likely be defined by his approach to the violent conflicts rending the globe, which his ...

The Chicago native is also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as an archbishop.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope and second pontiff from the Americas, is a former leader of the Augustinians and a ...

Pope Leo XIV is calling for dialogue in a polarized world, King Felipe VI of Spain said a day after the election of Cardinal ...

Were John XXIII and Paul VI spies? Every week, La Croix’s permanent special correspondent at the Vatican gives you a behind-the-scenes look at the world’s smallest state. On June 1 ...