The dire state of the Holy See accounts was among the topics cardinals tasked with choosing a successor to Pope Francis ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

Pope Leo apparently will take issue with one of the US President's most aggressive policies, according to his brother.

Leo, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of Saint Augustine at 22 years old after graduating ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago-area native and former substitute teacher at St. Rita High School, has become the first ...

Like so many of us, in and out of the Catholic faith, I never thought I’d see an American pope. Robert Cardinal Prevost. A ...

Many Catholics across Connecticut are hopeful that history’s first American pope, Leo XIV, can unify a divided world and carry on his predecessor's legacy of inclusiveness. “My first thought was that ...

CHICAGO -- Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born man who became Pope Leo XIV on Thursday, has Black family roots in New ...

Former Augustinian Leader Criticized for Slow Transparency in Clergy Abuse Crisis ...

Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, is set to represent King Charles at the inauguration of Pope Leo XIV. Prince William ...

Erick Fedde, who started 21 games for the historically bad 2024 White Sox, joked that Pope Leo XIV maybe "had to pray a few ...

While heartened by the new pope's commitment to social justice, advocates say it's unclear whether Leo will continue Francis' ...