The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s hot-button issues remain unclear, he has signaled continuity with his ...

Pope Leo XIV, history's first North American pope ... Pope Leo told cardinals he hopes his election can help the Catholic Church bring light to the “dark nights of this world”. Meanwhile King Charles ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope offered a message of healing during ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the will of ...

Pope Leo XIV declared families "the cradle of the future of humanity" during Mass for the Jubilee of Families at St. Peter's Square.

White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City Thursday as the world gathered to watch a new pope take the helm of the Roman Catholic Church. The man who emerged was a surprise ...

White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica rang out on Thursday, ...

Rate Field will host a unique Mass to honor U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV, a White Sox fan, with tickets on sale for $5.

Many people throughout the world mourned the death of Pope Francis and looked expectantly upon the election of a new leader ...

As for Catholicism in the Central Valley, I know we have a bishop and many clergy that see the importance of meeting people ...

It seems he took his own advice a bit too literally, because he left a mess for his successor, Pope Leo XIV, whose inaugural Mass will take place this Sunday. In today’s Catholic Church ...