Pope Francis brought Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV. Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty The new pontiff previously served as the leader of the Augustinian order, and in 2023, he was appointed by the late Pope Francis to the Dicastery for ...

FILE – Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, stands for a portrait at the end of the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter’s ...

Pope Leo XIV is the name Cardinal Robert Prevost opted to take on Thursday after becoming the first American pope elected in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church in its 2,000-year history. His decision to adopt the name "Leo" places him in ...

Why MAGA Christianity should fear the new pope (RNS) — Pope Leo’s election also offers hope, because he reminds the world that religious conviction need not serve nationalist power.

Pope Leo XIV is officially on Instagram! On Tuesday, May 13, the 69-year-old pope shared his first post on the social media platform since succeeding the late Pope Francis last week.

Now, the outlook is murkier as Pope Leo XIV succeeds Francis as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, but advocates say they remain hopeful that he will echo the late pontiff's approach ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion ...

Hints as to what postures Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, might take on some of the most controversial issues roiling the U.S. may come from his recent activity on social media .

Leo XIV pays homage to reformer with 25-year tenure While Francis picked a name that had never been used by a pontiff as he honored St. Francis of Assisi, the newest pope took a more traditional ...

Only once Leo paid homage to Francis did many of those gathered appear to relax. Zaza and her friend Sofía Basanes, 30, also from Argentina, started to nod at the new pope’s calls for peace ...