“As a young man, I tried to see life through a Catholic lens,” he recalls. “In my mid-20s, I became more fascinated with Catholicism and Pope John Paul II. He had a profound impact on my lif ...

A year out of college, Prevost took his first vows in September 1978, a month before Karol Wojtyła, a Pole, was elected Pope John Paul II. He was followed ... dictator, the Man of Steel, was ...

Pope Leo XIV persuaded the Arizona clergyman to return from his retirement as urgent appointments were being made earlier ...

When Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in 1979 ... Prevost was considered a long shot by conclave watchers. (For whatever it’s worth, the gambling world placed long odds on a Prevost win ...

“He is doctrinally correct in the line of St. Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI ... A shy character; a meek man; a religious; a pastor who knows the needs of his priests; and a canon ...

The next pope cannot continue this trajectory. He must restore what has been compromised: the Church’s clarity, coherence and courage. Pope John Paul II understood what was at stake. His papacy ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary born in Chicago who spent much of his career abroad and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in ...

Ronald Reagan's election sparked a counterrevolution in the arts community, with Dylan, Bono and Scorsese among those showing ...

Spahn said cardinals have always come to their decisions knowing that the man who becomes pontiff ... in South America. He noted Pope John Paul II and Pope Francis rarely traveled outside of ...

Today’s newsletter will guide you through The Times’s coverage of the new pope and his views. Robert Prevost, newly ordained, greets Pope John Paul II in ... picked a good man,” he said.

Moments before Pope John Paul II was shot in St Peter's Square ... asking people to pray for the man who pulled the trigger, whom he referred to as "my brother" and offered his "sincere forgiveness." ...