Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year ...

When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, was selected to be 267th pope on Thursday and he is the first American to lead the Roman Catholic church.Franciscan U ...

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