The U.S.-born pope spent about a dozen years as a missionary in Peru and returned there later to serve as a bishop.

COMMENTARY: It’s worth noting that the Pauline Chapel, one of three in the Apostolic Palace, is pictured in the Holy Father’s ...

The peoples of our world desire peace,” Pope Leo XIV said, “and to their leaders I appeal with all my heart: Let us meet, let ...

Father Robert "Bob" Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, presided over the baptism of his three sons in 2014 in a small town in ...

Archbishop Nelson Pérez, along with educators and pastors in the region, share their impressions and memories of the first American elected pope.

Michael J. O’Loughlin is executive director of Outreach, an LGBTQ Catholic publication, and author of “Hidden Mercy: AIDS, ...

Eastern and Latin alike — who, above all in the Middle East, persevere and remain in their homelands,” Leo said May 14.

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

It seems that Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first American to lead the Catholic Church, has previously condemned President ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.

Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, ...

The quick election of a pope born and raised in the United States was a shock to almost everyone outside the Sistine Chapel ...