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

His election represents continuity with the papacy of the late Pope Francis, and he is expected to continue Francis’ reforms ...

With 10 days under his belt as pope, Leo XIV has already shown himself to be a mild yet focused bridge-builder, with a soft ...

Dialogue and bridge-building have emerged as early indicators of what Pope Leo XIV's interreligious approach to Jews and ...

A new biography of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the United States, will be available May 21 from EWTN and is now available for preorder.

By Michelle Trauring When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected to be the successor to the late Pope Francis last ...

Students on Grounds expressed surprise about Leo’s election as well as an appreciation for his experience in the Church. Leo grew up in the Chicago suburb of Dalton, Ill. and attended Villanova ...

Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, is a native of Chicago who spent the first third of his life in the United States before his ministry took him to Peru and, more recently, to ...

Pope Francis greets then-Cardinal Robert F. Prevost during a consistory in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 30, 2023.

In a moment that will be recorded in Church history and global consciousness alike, the Roman Catholic Church has elected its ...

Pope Leo attended Villanova University in the late 70s, so naturally, his former classmates, colleagues and friends from ...

Whitey Rigsby had just landed in Chicago to attend a Villanova function and was still on the plane when his wife, Becky, called after the white smoke rose from the ...