VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass ...

Like many other faithful Catholics, Louis Prevost watched with great anticipation for white smoke to rise from the chimney at ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until the explosive sex-abuse scandal exposed by the Boston Globe in 2002 in the ...

According to the historians exploring Leo XIV's genetic history, the new pope can trace his lineage to the Afro-Caribbean culture.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his ...

Papal Conclave selected an American as the new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, was born in Chicago in 1955, and is the first ...

Census records for Leo's maternal grandparents hint at the complexity of Creole identity and of Black identity in America.

Across Middle Tennessee and around the globe, devoted Catholics are celebrating the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost, who ...

( NewsNation) —“Holy cow, this is nuts,” said Louis Prevost as he watched his younger brother, Robert, become Pope Leo XIV live on television.

John Allen, editor of the Catholic news website Crux, tells CBS News about the dinner he recently had with Cardinal Robert Prevost, the American who was just elected pope. Scripps News Group's Lori ...

Despite historic gains under Pope Francis, women remain excluded from the Catholic Church's highest levels of decision-making.

Catholics in Charleston joined the world as they watched the first American pope was elected in the Vatican City on Thursday. Randall Hoffman who is a parishion ...