Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

Many sites associated with past popes’ lives have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s ...

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American cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected history’s first-ever pope from the United States hailed him ...

Congratulations to Pope Leo XIV, who was chosen on the fourth ballot during the second day of the conclave. At 69 years old, Robert Francis Prevost is the first Pope during my lifetime to be younger ...

In the right-wing loon-o-sphere, the reaction to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becoming the first American-born pope has ...