Pope Leo XIV met with thousands of journalists in Rome on Monday, thanking them in Italian for their work covering the papal election.

The former neighbors of the newly elected pontiff describe him as an intelligent person ‘with a sense of humor and great ...

Criminal justice reform has long been one of the most divisive issues between Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly and the Republican minority.

Massimo Faggioli, professor of historical theology at Villanova University in Pennsylvania and a regular contributor toLa ...

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 ...

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

More than one billion Catholics are praying tonight for the first pope born in the United States. Pope Leo XIV grew up in Chicago and has ties to Tulsa. News On 6's Sam Carrico tells us how one Cascia ...

The new pope, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, has signaled that his identity will defy easy categorization.

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 celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, he spoke a few words in English. It was a reminder - if anyone needed one - that a baseball fan who hails from ...

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.

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.