Pope León XIV

‘Wherever a person is discriminated against because of their origin, the principle of the equal dignity of all human beings is violated,’ he told a joint session of both houses, where he received a long ovation

Dioceses and orders keep the same wall of silence and opacity they have shown for eight years: EL PAÍS asked 211 entities again about the handling of the cases and only three replied

After a swift election in which the role of US funding for the Vatican is now emerging, and months of caution, Prevost has revealed himself as a global leader who can stand up to Trump

In a statement, the Havana regime asserts that this is a ‘sovereign decision’ and that the prisoners will be freed ‘in the coming days’

Armando Lovera, a Peruvian biblical scholar based in Valladolid, talks to EL PAÍS about the pontiff who married him, baptized his daughters, and has never failed to reply to his messages despite his busy schedule

His multi-denominational network of congregations from around the country organizes the immigrant community against attacks by the Trump administration

The still-open wounds from decades of clerical sexual abuse, along with the growing power of far-right Catholics in Trump’s Washington, will shape relations between Robert Prevost’s Vatican and his home country

The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith investigated the allegations before the conclave and concluded that they were without merit

Robert Francis Prevost, 69, an Augustinian and former bishop in Peru, represents the triumph of continuity — but with the added assurance of strong governance and doctrinal solidity

The general congregations have outlined a set of pressing issues including sexual doctrine, shared governance, and the Church’s foreign policy

The conclave has elected the pontiff after four votes

The Supreme Pontiff was born in Chicago but has spent 40 years in Peru

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, from the United States, has become the 267th pontiff of the Catholic Church