Follow our live blog coverage of Pope Leo XIV’s electionVatican City: Cardinal Robert Prevost, a US-born missionary and ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

The brother of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, said the newly elected pontiff will likely follow in the late Pope Francis’s ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

The pope’s election coincides with an era that is fraught with war and rising global authoritarianism. He takes the helm of a ...

Hints as to what postures Pope Leo XIV might take on some of the most controversial issues roiling the U.S. may come from his ...

Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, ...

One of the world’s biggest questions has been answered after Chicago native Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected the 267th ...

A lot has changed since the last time a new pope was elected. But with the Catholic Church ushering in Chicago native Robert ...

Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost became the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a moment of global turmoil and ...

Pope Leo XIV​ is a dual citizen of the United States and Peru, where he first served as a missionary and then as a bishop.

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...