Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Papal Conclave selected an American as the new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, was born in Chicago in 1955, and is the first ...

COMMENTARY: The Pope has put forward Augustine as his great friend, father and companion on the Way of Christ.

Pope Leo XIV has said he hopes that his election can help the Catholic Church bring light to the "dark nights of this world" ...

While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of ...

Patrick Feltz, 28, of Villa Park, sports his homemade pope hat while waiting to enter Rate Field in Chicago for a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Miami Marlins on May 10, 2025. It ...

Chicagoans celebrated the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the U.S. and a Chicago native, with joy and ...

As Pope Leo XIV takes up his role, Sky's Europe correspondent considers what stands ahead for the first pope from the United ...

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 ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all hostages, as well as "no more war", as he led a prayer to the Virgin Mary from the balcony of St Peter's Basilica.

Leo XIV, Robert Francis Prevost, 69, became the first pope from the United States on Thursday. The Church has placed Prevost — a conciliatory, soft-spoken Augustinian with a humble demeanor — at the ...

Baraniak is confident Pope Leo XIV has plenty of other connections in Northeast Wisconsin.