Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Following the death of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, cardinals have elected his successor. Stay with DW for the latest updates.

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic ...

A U.S. bishop thought it was unlikely that Catholic cardinals would break with more than two centuries of precedent to pick a ...

He first sent him to Chiclayo in 2014, then brought him to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

Miles Redwine, a Catholic visiting from the small Texas ... towards communion in the church.” Prevost may have played a role in the sidelining of U.S. Bishop Joseph Strickland, who had become ...

As Pope Leo XIV's past record of handling clergy sexual abuse cases comes under scrutiny, victims of the now-disgraced group ...

The pope’s favorite baseball team, the Chicago White Sox, congratulated the pontiff on its jumbotron following his election.

A week into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV has affirmed the Catholic Church s teachings about the sanctity of human life and ...

was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. In his first words as ...

Pope Leo XIV's record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed ...