Chicago will honor its hometown pope, Leo XIV, with a public celebration on Saturday at Rate Field, home of the White Sox.

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Pope Leo XIV has left no doubt. After initial doubts as to whether the Chicago native was a Cubs or White Sox fan, his ...

Leo's message contrasts sharply with Trump's vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The late Pope Francis also clashed with Trump over immigration, once saying the president was "not ...

In a sermon on a major Christian holiday, Pope Leo XIV appeared to take a shot at travel bans recently put in place by ...

The case against Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with ...

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...

The Vatican doesn’t tax its residents or issue bonds, and it's got a very big budget problem. It primarily finances the ...

Pope Leo XIV is a Villanova grad, and he showed his love for the university on Wednesday as he donned a baseball cap for the ...

Pope Leo may bring unique insight to the problem of polarization in the U.S. and in the U.S. church, analysts say.

I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed The Rev. Simon Peter Engurait to be the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, the ...