Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his ...

Matthew Gamboa, a 15-year-old who attends St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, said he was inspired by the ...

The last three popes each chose very different paths between Rome and home—sometimes confrontational, sometimes aloof.

The case against Prevost first emerged during a confrontation with the powerful ultra-Catholic group Sodalitium, with ...

you might say—that Pope Leo actually does have a meaningful impact on American politics and culture in the years ahead. I am not at all advocating for a breakdown of the wall between church and ...

COMMENTARY: Not since 1808 when Bishop John Carroll was the bishop of Baltimore — then the only diocese in the United States ...

That all changed with the end of the Reconstruction Era, when Americain- style segregation was codified into law. Creoles of ...

The new pope warned of the dangers AI poses to “human dignity, justice and labor.” Two days later, speaking to reporters, he ...

(RNS) — Just hours after Pope Leo XIV was announced from the loggia ... with Trump are unlikely to make a significant political impact in the church or the government, they expressed hope ...

The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

There are some actions Pope Leo XIV can take to help heal the divide between American Catholics and the Vatican.

While the world is still just getting to know him, first impressions appear to hint that Pope Leo XIV doesn't seem like a ...