However, it would be a mistake to let Leo XIV be defined by his critics alone. He reminds us that no human is infallible, not ...

In his advocacy of the poor, migrants and a more open church, many people see the new pope as a continuation of his predecessor.

School staff wonder if Pope Leo XIV's election helps the cause for sainthood for fellow Augustinian Father Bill Atkinson.

If you weren't obsessively watching the Vatican's chimney these past couple of days, you might have missed when the smoke ...

A special mass was held at Chicago's Holy Name Cathedral on Friday to celebrate the first American pope being elected to lead ...

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the church’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he celebrated his first Mass as the head of the Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV's brother, John Prevost, has some brotherly advice for his youngest brother and new leader of the Catholic Church, in an interview with NBC Chicago.

Pope Leo XIV will make a “darn good pope,” New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan said Friday as the first American-born pontiff ...

Leo XIV 'is a citizen of the world,' Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York underlined, and 'where he came from is secondary' to ...

Pope Leo is seen as a centrist who shares his predecessor's progressive views on certain social issues. Here's what we know ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, is the first U.S.-born pope in the Church's history. Here's how readers reacted to ...