When Pope Leo XIV was elected pope, the assembled crowd reacted with joy but also with surprise: He was the first pope from ...

Pope Leo XIV declared himself a Roman on Sunday as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of ...

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new pope’s American ...

In Central Texas, a Catholic population of more than 700,000 covered by the Austin Diocese is undoubtedly ... the 13th-century order founded by St. Augustine, per the AP. Francis moved him from ...

He sent Prevost to take over a complicated diocese in Peru ... of the Order of St. Augustine, which was formed in the 13th century as a community of “mendicant” friars — dedicated to ...

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 U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis brought Robert Prevost to the Vatican in 2023 as the powerful head of the office that vets bishop nominations, one of the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. On ...

Prevost, waves to the crowds in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican after his election as pope May 8, 2025. The new pope was born in Chicago. (CNS photo/Vatican ... In the Diocese of Camden, some at ...

A photo from a 1930 edition of the defunct ... commercial that the bishop finally had to close it down.” The Diocese of St. Augustine de-sanctified the church in the 1960s, according to previous ...