Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected Thursday by the conclave to serve as pope, becoming Pope Leo XIV at the age of 69. Prevost, a missionary who dedicated his career to ministry in Peru ...

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

But “I can now say it,” John Prevost, one of two brothers of Pope Leo XIV, said in an interview Thursday with ABC News.

Peruvians were elated Thursday after a Catholic cardinal who spent years guiding the faithful in the South American country ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until the explosive sex-abuse scandal exposed by the Boston Globe in 2002 in the ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Many people who worked with Pope Leo XIV when he was Bishop Robert Prevost of Chiclayo, Peru, couldn’t hold back tears when ...

Before Cardinal Robert F. Prévost was Pope Leo XIV, he was a leader in the Augustinian order with connections to an Oklahoma ...

The Survivors Network for those Abused by Priests claims Pope Leo XIV mishandled two different cases of sexual abuse by priests, including in Chicago and Peru.

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” ...

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Raleigh will open its second high school in the Triangle amid high demand from families seeking a religious education. The diocese announced Thursday the new high ...