Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as Robert Francis Prevost.

Pope Leo XIV stressed the importance to society of sport in his Angelus address in the Vatican on Sunday. Sport was more than physical achievement, but could also "become an important means of reconciliation and encounter: between peoples and within communities,

Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro to head the academy; he says he will focus on artificial intelligence, bioengineering and end-of-life issues.

Chicago held a celebration on Saturday at the home of the White Sox to fully embrace the city’s connection to the new leader of the Catholic Church.

The new pope appears to be a big hit with visitors to the Vatican, yet he's not generating much headline news, despite his global platform.

Pope Leo XIV has made his first appointment of a Chinese bishop. The nomination signals Leo is continuing the Vatican’s 2018 agreement with Beijing, which was one of Pope Francis' most controversial foreign policy decisions.

Carlo Acutis, an Italian teenager, was meant to be made a saint in April, but the ceremony was postponed because of Pope Francis’ death.