An Astoria, Queens, pastry shop that got international attention in 2024 when it distributed cookies to inmates at Rikers Island of Pope Francis, is keeping up the tradition with Pope Leo cookies.

Pope Leo XIV has said little publicly about a place in the Catholic Church for gay and transgender people. Some thought the ...

Father Peter Donohue, the president of Villanova University, was having lunch with a few of the school’s alums in a Chicago ...

Imagine, for the first time in our history having an American pope. Someone who understands American issues. And he’s also a ...

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chape l and St. Peter's bells chimed around 6 p.m. local time in Rome on May 8, ...

In his first public message, Pope Leo XIV said the Church should "receive everybody," but some of his past comments haven't ...

The first pope from the U.S. was born. On Tuesday, the second day of the conclave, 133 cardinal electors elected U.S.

New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman said President Donald Trump’s praise for newly elected Pope Leo XIV is a sign he’s ...

Pope Leo XIV has not been shy in recent years about speaking out on hot-button issues, from the teaching of gender ideology in schools to gun control.

As the white smoke cleared, Robert Prevost of Chicago became Pope Leo XIV, the first ever American pope. That revelation ...

Regardless of the specific team, his Chicago roots have endeared him to fans of the city's two MLB franchises on social media ...

The Pennsylvania university best known for its basketball program has a new most famous alumnus in Pope Leo XIV.