Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s “trial of the century” have argued that Pope Francis violated the fundamental rights of ...

CHICAGO -- Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as Pope Francis' successor on Thursday, taking the papal name Leo XIV. The world is wondering how the first American pope compares to his predecessor. In ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was elected by the conclave members May 8 to serve as the Roman Catholic Church's 267th pope, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The 69-year-old makes history as the first ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, became the first American-born pope in the Catholic Church’s history when plumes of white smoke rose over the Sistine Chapel Thursday. He took ...

Beyond protocol and the globally popular discourse on interfaith dialogue, the performance of the late Pope Francis towards Muslims stood out with a practical positivity that he enshrined in ideas, ...