The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

Peruvians are elated after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country was elected ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age of 69. Prevost, a missionary who dedicated his career to ministry in Peru ...

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

How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

Before Cardinal Robert F. Prévost was Pope Leo XIV, he was a leader in the Augustinian order with connections to an Oklahoma ...

CHICLAYO, Peru — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost . Maybe when the shock ...

After the historic election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as history’s first American pope, old allegations of coverup and ...

A few hours after the conclave elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new Pope Leo XIV, the civil organization Survivors ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He’s been in positions of ...

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

The new head of the global Roman Catholic Church was born in Chicago, but spent decades in Peru. He first arrived in 1985 as a young missionary in the mostly impoverished north, spending many of his f ...