Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.

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

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

Pope Leo XIV paid a visit to the Shenbagam Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore in 2006.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and raised in the south suburb of Dolton, where even his old house has become a point of pilgrimage.

Pope Leo XIV is facing criticism from survivors over his record on clergy sexual abuse while he served in Chicago and Peru.

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 ...

Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow for live news updates.

Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country ...

The bells of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church rang out around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in celebration of Catholicism’s new leader – ...

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

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s ...