Pope Leo XIV, the former Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, waves to the crowds in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican after his election as pope on May 8, 2025. Credit: (CNS photo/Vatican Media) On May 8—the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. The Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops was ...

September 30: Two years after receiving his red hat, Pope Leo XIV now leads the Church — a journey shaped by providence, not ambition. On September 30, 2023, Pope Francis presided over a consistory ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born ...

The story that dominated the Catholic news headlines in 2025 was, of course, the death of Pope Francis and the conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. These were NCR's most read — not necessarily the most ...

NPR's Daniel Burke and Scott Detrow covered the 2025 conclave that elected Pope Leo XIV. The following excerpt is adapted from their new biography of Pope Leo, American Pope, out Tuesday. In the days ...

In this photo released by the Diocese of Chulucanas, Bishop Robert Prevost, third from right, poses with members of the clergy in Chulucanas, Peru, Aug. 12, 2024. (Diocese of Chulucanas via AP) ...

When US Cardinal Robert Prevost emerged on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in May 2025 as Pope Leo XIV, the new leader of ...

When the Sistine Chapel's white smoke rose on May 8, it crowned not a campaigner, but a conciliator. What cardinals inside the conclave say they sought — and what they found in Robert Francis Prevost, ...

Although he is now Leo XIV, the current Pope hasn't renounced his former identity as Robert Francis Prevost. In a way, it helps him to be the Successor of Peter. Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to fellow host, Scott Detrow, and NPR editor, Daniel Burke about their new book, "American Pope: Leo XIV's Road from the South Side of Chicago to Vatican City." ...