Pope Leo XIV's election marks a historic moment: the first pope from an English-speaking country, and the first from the ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis’ successor should address four main aspects: persecution, social doctrine, missionary withering and ...

Few, if any, Latin Americans show up on the speculative lists of who might be elected as the supreme pontiff, or “papabile.” ...

A photo of newly elected Pope Leo XIV adorned a wall above one of the late Pope Francis in Chiclayo, Peru. Brazilian ...

Most stories about Pope Francis mention that he made history as the first pontiff from Latin America. In fact, Francis was ...

New pope marks continuity with Francis’ progressivism, but offers a steadier hand after a divisive 12 years. VATICAN CITY — ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost was the least American among the American cardinals, having spent most of his ministry in ...

If the papacy of the late Pope Francis is any guide, they are also likely to grow ... yes indeed, but worked in Latin America ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, a Chicago native, was elected as the new pope of the Catholic Church on May 8. He will ...

Pope Francis, who died April 23 and was buried Saturday ... He has good contacts with the Latin American church, having headed the Vatican’s Pontifical Commission for Latin America for over a decade.

VATICAN CITY - As the sun set on Thursday over St. Peter’s Basilica, a 69-year-old prelate who began his calling as a Chicago ...