Faithful gathered May 9 for a special Mass at the Cathedral Basilica honoring the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of St. Augustine at age 22 after graduating from ...

Leo, who was elected the 267th leader of the Catholic Church last week, called for "the precious gift of free speech" to be ...

The celebration vibrated with joy following the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost Martínez — both a U.S. and ...

Navarro said she hopes the new pope will “denounce the things that are happening here” under the Trump administration.

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

GRAPEVINE, Texas - A Grapevine deli owner is honoring the new pope, who just happens to be his former schoolmate. Dan ...

Robert Prevost, Pope Leo XIV, was chosen last Thursday (8) to lead the Catholic Church. After the announcement, internet ...

The pope expressed solidarity with journalists around the world who have been jailed for trying to seek and report the truth.

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...

Cardinal Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota who traveled to Rome for the papal conclave, ...

A South Side high school and the new pope share more than just a hometown. They share a name, too. Leo High School, an ...