Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. | (AP Photo ...

Robert Prevost, first American pope in history of the Catholic Church, will take the name Leo XIV. Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s ...

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LONDON (AP) — Officials in Ireland began work Monday to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 ...