For Vatican experts, the election of American Robert Francis Prevost Martinez as the new pope sends clear political and symbolic signals both within and outside the Catholic world ...

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his two decades of service in the ...

Despite being the first pope from America, a country where the Catholic Church is known for its relative conservatism, Pope ...

The appointment of Robert Prevost has split the Catholic Church between conservatism and the supposedly progressive legacy of ...

New pope's deliberate decision to identify with Peru in particular and the Global South generally is no accident ...

Francis Rooney said Pope Leo XIV will be a “fantastic pope” because he “can communicate with people in a very clear but nonthreatening way.” ...

As America, especially the United States and Chicago celebrated the elect of an American pope, the newly elected pontiff Leo ...

The Pope understands power and decline, and does not confuse the two: There will be no warm embraces for Hamas delegates ...

A family of seagulls — two adults feeding a chick — had gathered by the papal chimney a couple of minutes before white smoke ...

Texas' Catholic bishops are impressed by the newly elected pope's commitment to global peace just days after his election to ...

The Chicago-born pope had a one-word response when asked if he had anything to say to the people of the United States, which ...