Pope Leo XIV faces an array of challenges, from disputes over the place of women in the church, the Vatican's financial woes ...

Louis Prevost is still reckoning with what just happened in his family. His little brother, Robert Francis Prevost, is now ...

What had seemed like a modestly slow week in New Jersey politics ended with a bang after the mayor of the state’s largest city found himself in federal ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was ...

It's the biggest victory for the struggling Chicago White Sox in a long time. Pope Leo XIV is a White Sox fan — and the organization is embracing the news. Elected on Thursday, Robert Prevost is the ...

The Bishop of Alexandria said he was shocked and surprised when the Catholic Church announced a new pope, who was born and raised in the United States.

The lead pastor of Faith Lutheran Church in Appleton, Dan Thews, says the pope being American is extra special.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who ...

The Most Rev. Mark Brennan, bishop of the Wheeling-Charleston Diocese, believes newly elected Pope Leo XIV will continue the commitment of the Catholic Church to social justice based on his name ...

The bishop sat quietly near the front row, hands folded, listening as Indigenous leaders and church workers spoke about the threats to Peru’s northern forests, a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was ...

Local Catholics are happy and thankful for new Pope Leo XIV. The bishop led a special mass to give thanks and praise for the ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he ...