Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history on May 8, 2025, when he stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from the United States has been elected the new pope of the Catholic Church, making him the ...

A successor to Pope Francis had been elected. But there will be a short wait before his identity becomes clear.

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

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

The new leader of the Catholic Church, American Robert Francis Prevost Martinez, has a surprisingly strong connection with ...

By Jonathan Y. Tan The election of Pope Leo XIV marks the coming of age of the Catholic Church in the Global South as he ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In his first appearance as Pope Leo XIV on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, the man born Robert Francis Prevost spoke for 10 minutes in Italian. Then he transitioned to Spanish ...

Among the unforgettable memories of Peru that Pope Leo XIV treasures, the most notable is its irresistible cuisine, which ...

US Catholicism knows Jews well, and that familiarity may pave the way for the new pope to improve Jewish-Catholic relations, ...

Pope Leo XIV, who was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost, was the first American to be elected Pope - but an expert has warned ...