Pope Leo XIV was born and raised in Chicago. He is of French, Italian and Spanish descent. He spent years working as a ...

When Father Tony Ricard watched the new pope deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he ...

A sign from the Vatican! On the evening of May 8, 2025, white smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first Pope from the Order of St. Augustine, which suggests he will promote peace and dialogue.

Pope Leo XIV’s focus on refugees and his pluralistic background may offer a different view of U.S. values from the ...

His ancestry, traced to a historic enclave of Afro-Caribbean culture, links Leo XIV to the rich and sometimes overlooked ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected Pope Leo XIV, marking the first American to hold the position.

Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost was the least American among the American cardinals, having spent most of his ministry in ...

Sunny Hostin showed newfound support for Pope Leo XIV on "The View" Monday after learning about his Black and Haitian ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

“Whichever pope will be elected, it has to be about the glory of God, not about being whichever cultural, race or gender ...

For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name was evident, with the new pope tying himself to one of the ...