Francis’ papacy honored Latin American Catholics killed for their social justice work, a theologian explains – and Leo may ...

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

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

The late pope’s attention to geographic detail led to what was described as the most diverse conclave in the history of the ...

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

The Catholic Church has entered a new historic era with the election of American-Peruvian Robert Francis Prevost as the 267th ...

The earliest clues suggest Leo could champion inclusion and openness to change — like his predecessor, Pope Francis.

During the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, where bishops, archbishops, and abbots convened in 1884 to, among other issues ...

Robert Prevost was elected Pope Leo XIV on May 8, 2025, following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been elected the new pope under the papal name Pope Leo XIV, making him the first pope from the U.S.

Pope Leo XIV will make a “darn good pope,” New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan has said, as the first American-born pontiff led ...