Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history ...

As the first American pope takes the helm, we revisit an open letter published in 1978 by peace activist Blase A. Bonpane to ...

In the days following Robert Prevost’s election as Pope Leo XIV, the world sought to understand this relatively unknown man.

But beyond the celeb connections, Gates’ research uncovered something far more powerful: Pope Leo XIV is of mixed Black and ...

That approach should please much of his flock. New polling commissioned by The Economist suggests that Catholics are more ...

From the very first moments of his papacy, when he addressed the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, it was clear that Pope Leo XIV would continue the path of openness set by his ...

From priest to pope—will his missionary past define him as the leader of 1.4 billion Catholics, or will Pope Leo become ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo the XIV, ... There had long been a taboo against a U.S. pope, given the geopolitical power already wielded by the United States in the secular sphere.

French cardinal proto-deacon Dominique Mamberti announces the name of the new pope at the St Peter's Basilica. [Tiziana Fabi, AFP] Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States ...

Pope Leo XIV, 69, former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, formally began his pontificate by the inauguration service on Sunday the 18th of May 2025 at Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican ...

The first authoritative account of the conclave that elected history’s first pontiff from the United States — written by an American journalist who knew him before he became pope. Despite ...

The regnal name that Cardinal Robert Prevost chose, Leo XIV, has beautiful and powerful resonance for anyone familiar with the history of the Church.