The new pontiff has already given some hints about his priorities as head of the Catholic Church — among them are peace, climate change and technology. But abuse scandals will remain a hot-button ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the Unites States delivers the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the ...

Although the Pope—formerly known as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost—has presided over his first service for the cardinals, ...

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

(RNS) — In taking the name Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost — Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

The pope also has a more direct role on everyday Americans, in the sense that he is the head of a church followed by 20 ...

On May 8, 2025, 69-year-old Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected as the 267th pope of the Roman ...

A day after the conclusive papal election, more US Catholic cardinals and bishops voiced their gratitude, joy and hopes for ...

Papal Conclave selected an American as the new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, was born in Chicago in 1955, and is the first ...

As Catholics around the world react to the election of Pope Leo XIV, students in Gainesville had the chance to reflect on the ...