While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis. By Tim Balk When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) filed a complaint against him, along with other church ...

What’s in a name? A lot, it turns out. Matteo Bruni, a Vatican spokesman, told reporters on Thursday that Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost’s choice to be called Pope Leo XIV had been a clear ...

He has chosen Leo XIV as his papal name to lead the Catholic church. White smoke pouring out from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City signaled Thursday that Catholic cardinals had selected ...