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 with no global visibility.

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

I am a Peruvian who embraced America, and the pope is an American who embraced Peru.

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

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

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you, ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

As the United States celebrates the Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost being selected as the next pope, Peru, where Pope ...