The Vanderbilt Divinity School professor said the papal name connects to a predecessor who championed workers' rights and peace initiatives.

“Robert Prevost was a missionary bishop who gave himself fully to his people and who played an important role in the church of his new country, Peru. In fact, he became a Peruvian citizen,” Canadian ...

In his homily to the College of Cardinals May 10, Pope Leo XIV said that he had chosen his name partly because just as Pope ...

COMMENTARY: A Church united and at peace with itself is powerful and has proven, time-tested answers to all the questions ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost, the new pope chose his papal name in reference to Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) who presided over ...

Pope Leo XIV, elected last week after the death of Pope Francis, discussed AI during an address to the College of Cardinals ...

Pope Leo XIV revealed that his papal name was partially inspired by the looming challenges of a world increasingly influenced ...

The Catholic community is alive, beautiful and strong, and it is up to its pastors to protect and nourish the faithful and to help bring God’s hope to the whole world, Pope Leo XIV said in a May 10 ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Leo XIV. And while there might have been various reasons behind the choice, one of them will surprise you the most. Read on ...

Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue with some of the core priorities ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...