When 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost appeared on the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as ...

Many LGBTQ Catholics viewed Pope Francis as a pioneer for acceptance. Now, with Pope Leo XIV, they hope he will continue this ...

Chicago’s South Side was solidly working class during Pope Leo’s childhood, said Rob Paral, a researcher at the Great Cities ...

Pope Leo was spotted at the 2005 World Series, a rare moment of triumph for the pride of Chicago’s South Side.

Leo XIV has been elected as the first American pope. He did not cast a ballot in the two most recent elections, in 2020 and 2016.

Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as the Augustinians, ...

The election of Pope Leo XIV, who is the first U.S. pope and has Creole roots, is raising more awareness about the complexity ...

In the summer of 1973, the war was still raging in Vietnam, the Watergate scandal was unfolding in Washington, and protests roiled college campuses nationwide. But on leafy Villanova University just ...

Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV — the first American pontiff. But why did he choose a name rooted in centuries of ...