Pope Leo XIV—the American Robert Francis Prevost—was a close ally of Pope Francis. The two share many of the same views on ...

Not long after the white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City and news broke that Robert Prevost ...

JD Vance has showered praise on newly-elected Pope Leo XIV – despite the pontiff slamming the vice president and Trump’s ...

Pope Leo XIV’s brother John Prevost spoke about his childhood and his election as the new head of the Roman Catholic Church ...

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

Choosing the new pope requires not just a majority, but a two-thirds plus-one vote by the cardinal electors for a single candidate to win. Pope Benedict XVI, who led the church prior to Francis ...

For centuries, the head of the Roman Catholic Church has been chosen through what’s known as a papal conclave. The proceedings are cloaked in secrecy, making them the subject of speculation and ...

White smoke signals that a new pope has been chosen ... “They had cardinals who would represent their interests and could veto a selection,” said Charles J. Reid Jr., a law professor at ...

Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little ... an endorsement of their viewpoints. In April, the new pope reposted of a comment from writer Rocco Palmo ...

The Catholic Church has an American pope for the first time. What does this mean for the Church’s global role? On May 8, the ...