Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, waves as he arrives to celebrate his inauguration Mass at the Vatican ...

Valerio Masella, a personal trainer in Rome, was stunned to discover that his client "Robert," was actually Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV. Prevost, the first American-born pontiff, had ...

A résumé of deep religious education, frontline pastoral experience, parish management and Vatican governance — along with a ...

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.