Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

When the white smoke poured out of St. Peter's Basilica last week, 73-year-old Port Charlotte resident Louis Prevost learned ...

Born in the U.S., forged in Peru, chosen in Rome, Leo XIV will helm a church facing debt, division and decline ...

Following the death of Pope Francis, the conclave of cardinals that gathered at the Vatican wasted little time choosing a new ...

Louis Prevost’s Facebook posts — no longer publicly viewable — suggest that he has embraced some of the most common ...

Just when I thought I was out of the Catholic Church, something extraordinary — an American pope — might pull me back in.

Bishop Edinson Farfán of Chiclayo, Peru, is publicly defending the actions of his predecessor, now Pope Leo XIV, in the face ...

Father Robert Prevost first arrived in Peru in 1985 during a time of crisis, the aftermath of devastating El Niño rains that ...

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

Augustinians are distinguished from other religious orders by their emphasis on living together in community — priests and ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally or ...