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

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 ...

The new pope, speaking to thousands in St. Peter’s Square, echoed themes that Francis, his predecessor, regularly addressed.

Leo urged an end to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. "I carry in my heart the suffering of the beloved ...

After a series of closures by the Chicago Archdiocese, Christ Our Savior Church in South Holland has bragging rights as Pope ...

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 celebrated his first Mass in the Sistine Chapel where he was elected less than 24 hours earlier, warning of the ...

Robert Prevost has been elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic Church. The Chicago-born ...

The church's owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

Pope Leo XIV is now the most powerful American Catholic in the world, and experts say he must aptly walk the line between U.S ...

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.