In a historic turn, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost from Chicago will become Pope Leo XIV. He will be the first American to hold the position. The election indicates a continuation of progressive ...

Accepto. With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of ...

Here’s the rest of his address: The new pope’s entire career as a bishop and then as a high-level member of the Roman Curia was initiated and blessed by Francis. He has also expressed support ...

The new pope's personal style is seen to be less direct than the sometimes impulsive Francis, a progressive who shook up the Church and often ruffled feathers within the Roman Curia, or government ...

known as the Curia. For about two years, he led the Vatican office that selects and oversees the more than 5,000 Roman Catholic bishops around the world, playing a pivotal role in the church ...

Intrigue, fashion, humility, faith—133 cardinal electors have descended on Rome to choose a new pope and their every move and ...

This includes reform of the Roman Curia which is, essentially, the administrative apparatus of the Holy See and the Roman Catholic Church. It functions like a Cabinet. In 2022, Pope Francis ...

He said he is confident that the new pope will take up the legacy of Pope Francis and continue the reforms of the Roman Curia started by the first Latin American pope and added that he expects him ...

Cardinals have described the new pope's personal style as less direct than the sometimes impulsive Francis, a progressive who shook up the Church and often ruffled feathers within the Roman Curia ...

That made him an attractive choice to the Roman Curia, the powerful bureaucracy that governs the church and which, after frequently experiencing reprimands and upheavals from Pope Francis ...