Insiders have searched the career of Robert Francis Prevost for hints as to how he will handle conflicts about Catholic worship and doctrine.

Just weeks into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV — formerly Robert Prevost — is facing a wave of controversy stemming from his past ...

His story is a call to hope and a challenge to the Church in India to see finally and fully those it has failed to embrace ...

The election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new Pope came as a welcome surprise to the Afro-Peruvian community.

CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

“The pope is not your friend. He is not going to sit down and have a beer with you,” he says. “If you think the pope is your ...

Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history this month as Pope Leo XIV became the first American to lead the Catholic Church.

Locals in Chiclayo, Peru, have fond memories of Leo’s work as bishop, but some question his record responding to abuse.

"He’s the one who gave me permission” to stay at a Hyde Park monastery in 2000, former priest James M. Ray told the Chicago ...