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

A recent poll reveals that American Catholics are largely optimistic about Pope Leo XIV, the first US-born pontiff. While ...

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 ...

This article mentions details about sexual abuse. Reader discretion is advised. It’s been nearly a month since Pope Leo ...

In the Vatican, white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel, indicating that a new leader of their faith ... as the election of the first U.S.-born pope was announced. “It was electric ...

Pope Leo XIV ordained 11 new priests for the Diocese of Rome on Saturday during a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, urging them to live lives that are “transparent, visible, credible” in service ...

John Paul II used this staff during his inauguration Mass and so did Pope Leo XIV, during the May 18 rite that fell on the 105th anniversary of John Paul II's birth. The new pope also wore an ...

A video spread across social media platforms purports to show Pope Leo XIV chastising US Vice President JD ... to show the first-ever American pontiff blasting Vance over his reaction to Biden's ...

"We have a pope that is our neighbor," Camacho said. The news of a new pope came as Camacho was navigating his day as a priest in Racine. When he heard the news of the white smoke coming from the ...

and is the first pope from the U.S. The new pope is expected to address challenges such as the priest shortage, women's roles in the church and LGBTQ+ inclusion. Pope Leo XIV is seen as a ...

Still others, particularly progressive Protestants, might be drawn to the pope’s choice of name, a nod to his commitment to Catholic social teaching. And it doesn’t hurt he is on record ...