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

When Laura Gonzalez watched as newly elected Pope Leo XIV spoke to the crowd at St. Peter’s Square in Rome — and to the rest ...

Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the Catholic Church's "missionary ...

Westover filmed the nuns over a period of four years. There is no voiceover, nor are the nuns identified by name. We imbibe ...

Prevost had appeared on just about every shortlist in the press in the days since Francis’ death. But deep down, I’m not sure ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...

On May 8, the world met its new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary and Vatican official, took the name Leo ...

In comments to reporters at the White House, Trump said, "It's such a great honor for our country, an American pope, and what ...

The pope's choice of name is a "direct recall of the social doctrine of the church and of the pope that initiated the modern ...

Hours after U.S. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected during the conclave in Rome and named Pope Leo XIV, Los Angeles ...

"We are confident that he will be a voice for the voiceless and a fierce supporter of human dignity for all people." ...

In his homily, Archbishop Gomez said the conclave was a historic moment for the Catholic Church in which “we all have our own ...