Just a few days ago, Pope Leo XIV was Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old originally from Chicago who preferred the ...

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

In the small Peruvian town of Eten, the faithful flock every year to celebrate an apparent 17th century miracle featuring images of the child Jesus, a sacred phenomenon not yet ...

Political partisanship is likely to become an even more untenable position for American Catholics than it already is.

In his homily, Bishop Farfán spoke of the profound love the new Pontiff has for Peru — a country he first visited in 1985 — ...

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 ...

Maricela Calzada’s 53rd birthday on April 21 was the day Pope Francis died. Despite the somber news, the longtime Catholic ...

In a jubilant atmosphere, more than 10,000 faithful gathered in front of the Basilica and Cathedral of Santa María de ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

Across Chicago, Sunday churchgoers returned to pews still stunned and elated about the election of a native of the city’s South Side to the papacy.

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