We should approach Pope Leo XIV looking not for his alignment with the set of questions we bring to him, but with trust that ...

Pope Leo XIV told 400 bishops and cardinals from nearly 40 countries that they “must be firm and decisive in dealing with ...

Pope Leo XIV has blessed an NFL player ahead of the 2025 regular season. The first American pope is from Chicago, Illinois.

A historian, religious scholars, and the students who staged a Renaissance-era conclave reflect on the significance of the ...

History's first American pope reaffirmed Wednesday that the primary role of bishops is to forge unity in his diocese among ...

Catholic organizations had lobbied Pat Quinn to end the death penalty. The former governor was not previously aware of ...

As it happened, the pope has several generations of Cuban ancestors.

Rate Field is usually the home of the Chicago White Sox, but on Saturday it housed a Catholic mass led by Cardinal Blase J. Cupich. There was a virtual appearance by Robert Prevost, who's now known as ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in ...

VATICAN CITY—Cardinal Robert Prevost, seated beneath Michelangelo’s monumental fresco of the Last Judgement, buried his head in his hands as the sound of his name echoed off the walls of the ...