Like many who feel a connection with the new pope, Rabbi Joseph Schultz believes his familiarity with sports can help bring ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was born in New York to British parents in 1964. He left the U.S. as a young boy ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within the church.

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

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St.

"I hope to be able to respond to [the challenges] with a healthy dialogue," said Cardinal Robert Prevost in 2023.

Robert Prevost, the choice of the world's Catholic cardinals to serve as leader of the 1.4-billion-member Church, is the ...

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...

Pope Leo XIV's election marks a historic moment: the first pope from an English-speaking country, and the first from the ...