He will be known as Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s ...

As a missionary and bishop in Peru, the future Pope Leo came face-to-face with one of the most serious and far-reaching ...

Bishop Thomas John Paprocki of the Diocese of Springfield released a statement expressing profound joy and deep gratitude to ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, known for his pastoral work in Peru, has been elected as pope. His close ties with the country are ...

In Louisiana, a state with strong ties to Catholicism, here's how officials and local dioceses reacted to the news of their ...

Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old cardinal from Chicago, was elected Thursday as the new pope -- the first American ever to ...

Today history was made in the Catholic Church as white smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling a new ...

For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with interfaith environmental networks and Indigenous organizations to place forest prot ...

For years, there were allegations of abuse within the hugely influential Catholic society Sodalitium Christianae Vitae (SCV), which had deep ties ... public. Prevost, who lived in Peru as a ...