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P olitical figures around the world have congratulated Robert Francis Prevost, now known as Pope Leo XIV, after his election ...

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Francis may have been globally admired, but within the church hierarchy he was a polarizing figure. This could have resulted ...

Former Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States was selected Thursday by the papal conclave to succeed Pope ...

The 2025 papal conclave at the Vatican ended with the election of American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost as Pope Leo XIV. Here ...

The two clerics met in South America, and when Francis needed to fill an important job at the Vatican, he knew where to turn.

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

In a shocking vote that caught the Catholic world by surprise, Robert Francis Prevost has been elected the 267th pope, and ...

The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

Prevost was brought to the Vatican in 2023 by Pope Francis as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations.