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.

I am a Peruvian who embraced America, and the pope is an American who embraced Peru.

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

Pope Leo XIV might be "gringo" by birth but ask the people from Chiclayo, Peru, and the man is decidedly Peruvian.

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

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.

Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you, ...

Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...