The new pope’s status as an American shocked me, and I immediately began to consider the politics and symbolism of the choice.

People react at the Cathedral of St. Mary in Chiclayo, Peru, May 8, 2025, the day Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected ...

Robert Prevost served Peru's rural poor, even if it meant sticking his hands in grease. That is nether the hallmark of a ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — When Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged from the loggia of St. Peter’s as Pope Leo XIV on Thursday (May 8), ...

Bishop Robert Prevost recalled his early meetings with Pope Francis when the latter was archbishop of Buenos Aires when they ...

The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

Pope Leo XIV's former diocese reacted with jubilation when it was announced that their former bishop had been named the new head of the Catholic Church, and it was all captured on video.

Pope Leo XIV's Latin American connections and first-hand familiarity with the lives of the poor in Peru, will likely ...

Attendees at the Mass shouted "¡Viva el Papa León!" ("Long live Pope Leo!") and "¡El papa es chiclayano!" ("The pope is a ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Monday he had spoken with Pope Leo XIV and invited him to visit Ukraine.