For years before becoming Pope Leo XIV — as a parish priest and then bishop in Peru — Robert Prevost built ties with ...

Every pope has his critics. But Pope Francis’ conservative opponents were unique in that they actually had a living alternate ...

As the Trump administration dismantles climate action and cuts funding to Indigenous peoples around the world — and far-right ...

a part of the Amazon rain forest. It was 2016, a year after Laudato Si, Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. When he was up to speak, the bishop didn’t preach though he was in his city ...

In his final Easter message, Pope Francis expressed pain over the violence and division throughout our world and urged us to ...

Many Indigenous Catholics saw an ally in Pope Francis who championed their causes, asked forgiveness for the church’s ...

The death of Pope Francis has ignited widespread online curiosity about the process of electing the next leader of the ...

The cardinals -- at least, those under 80 years old -- vote for as long as it takes to elect Pope Francis' successor.

Pope Leo XIV, then Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo Robert Prevost, preaches during a Corpus Christi celebration in a stadium in Chiclayo, Peru, Friday, June 19, 2015. (AP Photo/Julio Reano) ...

Just days before the conclave to elect a new pope begins, on May 7, believers around the world expressed their desire for ...