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

The new pope opposed letting women serve as deacons but endorsed some of his predecessor’s moves to expand their involvement.

How Leo confronts the lingering global crisis could be of particular interest to Catholics in the Philadelphia region.

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

CHICLAYO, Peru — The people of northern Peru call him el obispo. Sometimes he is also Padre Prevost . Maybe when the shock ...

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

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

The new head of the global Roman Catholic Church was born in Chicago, but spent decades in Peru. He first arrived in 1985 as a young missionary in the mostly impoverished north, spending many of his f ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Between 2015 and 2023, then-Bishop Robert F. Prevost shepherded the Diocese of Chiclayo through some of its most difficult ...