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 ...

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

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

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.

The last five pontiffs have addressed members of the international news media who reported on the conclaves that elected them.

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

Over the past 60 years, dialogue turned to action for the common good and the sake of deep and trusting friendship between ...

Only days into his papacy, London's Catholic faithful are expressing hope and cautious optimism about the future of the Roman ...

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Pope Leo XIV made history by becoming the first American to lead the Catholic Church. His election has sparked the curiosity ...

Pope Leo XIV inherits a Church that remains in urgent need of good governance. Which may very well be why he was chosen.

For the first time in the history of these two preeminent institutions, their chosen leaders share the same nationality.