Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals who elected him that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second ...

Archbishop of Seattle Paul Etienne discussed the future of the Catholic Church and how Washington clergy will navigate a new ...

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

Etienne speaks with Joyce Taylor about the future of the Catholic Church, the new Pope Leo XIV and Washington's new mandatory reporting law for clergy.

Pope Leo XIV pledged to align himself with “ordinary people” and against the rich and powerful as he presided over his first Mass as leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics on Friday, and called for the ...

After Robert Francis Prevost became Pope Leo XIV and the first pontiff from the United States, an image spread across social ...

Want to know how the first American pope might lead the Catholic Church? Look no further than his name. Seattle Archbishop ...

The new pope, Leo XIV, has this in common with many of his peers in the Catholic hierarchy: He’s been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have arisen against priests under his ...

Some of the cardinals who elected him said his life of service to the poor in Peru and to the church at the Vatican mattered ...

Catholics across the globe waited for that announcement, which came 67 minutes later: Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in history. The conclave of Cardinals came to this decision on ...

For close watchers of the Catholic Church, the election of a U.S. pope seemed impossible. The "Trump effect" on the U.S. and global order changed that, papal expert Massimo Faggioli told NPR.