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

Cardinals follow a press conference to present Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si," (Praise Be), at the Vatican, June 18, 2015. Credit: AP “I spoke to him a number times about the Amazon and ...

Many Indigenous Catholics saw an ally in Pope Francis who championed their causes, asked forgiveness for the church’s historical wrongs and allowed them to incorporate aspects of their Native cultures ...

European pope in centuries, Francis was especially aware of colonialism’s impact and the need to embrace many cultures within ...

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

Pope Leo XIV has hands-on experience of navigating the Amazon. Many Catholics have said they believe Prevost’s experience as ...

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 ...

The death of Pope Francis has ignited widespread online curiosity about the process of electing the next leader of the Catholic Church. Francis died on April 21 and the Roman Catholic cardinals are in ...

Pope Francis made environmental advocacy a central focus of his papacy, particularly climate change and the protection of the Amazon rainforest. In his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si', Francis called ...

The death of Pope Francis on April 21 resulted in an increase ... on various PVOD platforms and is currently streaming on Amazon Prime Video at no extra cost to subscribers. The drama film ...

You can do so using the player above or on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music ... I’m not Catholic, but I’ve always admired Pope Francis. He was empathetic.