The selection of Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, means there will be no turning back from the direction charted by Pope Francis, who made Prevost a cardinal in 2023.

Eyes were focused on that chimney at the Vatican for a considerable time during the past week. The election of the successor of Pope Francis has a relevance extending beyond religion and religious ...

For American Catholics, the elevation of Robert Prevost to the papacy was a shock, a cause for celebration and a chance for ...