Francis’ papacy honored Latin American Catholics killed for their social justice work, a theologian explains – and Leo may ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

Once he came back to the Midwest, he held many Spanish masses at St. Mary’s. “Many of our priests can read the mass in ...

Prior to his elevation to the papacy, Leo XIV stayed out of the spotlight on certain reforms backed by his predecessor but ...

Local Catholic leaders and theologians explain how Pope Leo XIV may lead the Catholic Church. Megan Clarke has the story.

A local Catholic church is cherishing its connection to Pope Leo XIV.The pope, then known as Father Bob Prevost, visited Our ...

Before he became the new pope, Robert Prevost was the bishop of Chiclayo, a city in the north of Peru, where many describe ...

Pope Leo XIV’s election, praising Pope Francis and vowing to continue his work, is a historic moment for the Catholic Church ...

His election reflects a Church that is not shrinking but expanding — a Church alive in every corner of the world, including ...

The U.S.-born pope has signaled he will continue his predecessor’s work, but shows deference to tradition, too.

The pope urged reporters "to strive for a different kind of communication, one that does not seek consensus at all costs, does not use aggressive words, does not follow the culture of competition and ...

Pope Leo XIV may have broken a historic barrier by becoming the first pontiff from the United States, but his views on the ...