Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

Many sites associated with past popes’ lives have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s ...

Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States, has a history of missionary work in Peru but also a keen grasp ...

Prevost, a U.S. native and naturalized citizen of Peru, spent his childhood growing up in Chicago. Here's what we know about his family.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a little known missionary from Chicago, was elected as a surprise choice to be the new leader of the ...

"It's been an unbelievable week, obviously, for all of us," said Mark Duffey, who was ordained as a deacon at St. Thomas of ...

As Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, Chicago sports fans wonder if he will bless the city's struggling ...

He is a man formed by his experience in the church of Chicago, especially the south side,’ writes Mark Francis, CSV.

In the frenzied days leading up to the papal conclave following Pope Francis’s passing on April 21, speculation was rampant: ...

In a wide-ranging interview on Thursday afternoon at his home in New Lenox, a tidy city of 27,000 people about 40 miles ...

American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, OSA, has been named as the 267th Pope. The current Prefect of the Dicastery for ...

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