The new pope, Chicago area native Robert Prevost, has faced criticism for not doing more to encourage his religious order, the Augustinians, to embrace transparency over the decades-long sex abuse ...

Here's a list of all the men who have had the role. Pope Francis became the church’s 266th in 2013 when the papal conclave elected him after the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI.

Although Pope Leo XIV is from Chicago, he spent two decades doing missionary work in Peru, where he is also a citizen.He was elevated to Cardinal status in 2023 in order to serve as head of the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic religious order. Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first pope who belongs to the Order of Saint Augustine, whose principles, priests say, offer a window into what type of pontiff Leo may be. Augustinians follow spiritual ideals ...

One need look no further than the 455-year streak of Italian popes that stretched from Adrian VI, the Dutch pope who died in 1623, to the Polish-born John Paul II, elected in 1978.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, who chose the name Pope Leo XIV, was formerly the prior general, or leader, of the Order of St. Augustine — dedicated to poverty, service and evangelization.