How he chooses to bring his own legal acumen to bear on each of these three situations will say a great deal about the early ...

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.

"What does the pope think about us being related? That's my question," one cousin said. "What does he think of us because ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his ...

Donation Options Search Search Search St. Mary of the Assumption Parish included this photo commemorating the 1982 meeting of a newly ordained Robert ... was Pope Francis who made Prevost a ...

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

According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...

In the moment, the man who will go on to become the most recognizable religious leader in the world looks nervous. He looks ...

Michael Pham, who was named bishop of San Diego, California, by Pope Leo in May, wrote a letter about the action on Wednesday ...

As headlines in major U.S. publications on May 8 blared that the first pope from the U.S. had been elected, newspapers in Peru, where he is a citizen, begged to differ.

The American essence of Pope Leo XIV was on full display at the Vatican. The newly elected pontiff from Chicago drew cheers from the massive crowd as he put on a White Sox hat during a ceremony, given ...