News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

He was born at Mercy Hospital in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, making him the first American to ever be elected by the ...

Pope Leo was born in the United States, but for his adopted nation of Peru, he is a “Chiclayano” – a son of the bustling northern Peruvian city where everyone seems to have a story about him.

Pontiff makes veiled swipe at Trump with call to ‘disarm our words’ - The press conference comes after the newly elected ...

On Thursday afternoon, white smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City as Catholics and non-Catholics alike around the world watched with great interest to see who would be chosen as the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, O.S.A. was elected as the first American pope on May 8, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago ...

While Pope Leo XIV's past social media posts show him criticizing Donald Trump and his policies, his elder brother appears to ...

While he has been to the Philippines several times before he became Pope Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost’s return to the ...

Robert Francis Prevost, a Villanova University graduate and a Chicago native, was chosen as the first American pope in ...

Francis had the gift of touching the normal people and I think from what I’ve heard about Pope Leo he’s going to do the same.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...