Robert Prevost, who was promoted by Francis and has a knack for management and a zeal for missionary work, was a stronger ...

Robert Prevost’s brother, John, said a neighbor once told him he’d be pope. Who is Pope Leo XIV?The 69-year-old Chicago ...

In a digital age, the front pages of print newspapers can still capture a historic moment as they did on Friday with ...

Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...

"It's been an unbelievable week, obviously, for all of us," said Mark Duffey, who was ordained as a deacon at St. Thomas of ...

"I think the former pope had left lots of work undone and I think that we want to get back to that," said National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, adding that work on repatriating artifacts is ongoing.

With a culture as rich as Peru’s, you can see it, and you can hear it. So when the world started learning more about the new pope, they thought he was just a cardinal from Chicago.

ROME - The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

POPE LEO XIV played at being a priest as a child and used the family’s ironing board as an altar, his brother has revealed.

Pope Leo XIV held his first meeting with cardinals since his May 8 election and offered a glimpse into his vision for the Church.

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new head of the Vatican and his home country remain in its early days, Pope Leo ...