The election of Pope Leo XIV has refocused attention once again on the mega ethical issue of our time — “Who and what is a ...

Pope Leo XIV, with his American background, is likely to prioritize the Vatican’s alignment with the West in general, rather ...

Francis Rooney, former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, reflects on the time he spent with Cardinal Robert Prevost before he ...

The first American pope arrives at a time of extraordinary complexity and tension in the church in the United States.

As the first pope from the United States and a dual citizen of America and Peru, Pope Leo XIV — a native of the Windy City — ...

Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger candidate ...

That the new pontiff’s ancestry can be partially traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture in New Orleans has ...

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 paid respects at the tomb of Pope Francis on May 10 ... But advocates point out that those statements were made ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States has been elected the new pope and has chosen the name Pope Leo XIV.

Robert Francis Prevost, who led the Vatican office that selects and manages bishops around the world, has spent much of his ...

How Pope Leo XIV chooses to tackle critical topics from same-sex marriage to women in the church remains to be seen, but ...