Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

American cardinals who participated in the conclave that elected history’s first-ever pope from the United States hailed him ...

In the right-wing loon-o-sphere, the reaction to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becoming the first American-born pope has ...

Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.

Pope Francis opened the door to the LGBTQ faithful, and they are hoping the new pontiff continues to move the Catholic Church toward acceptance.

Fr. Clements had all prominent Chicagoans like Hilary Clinton and Mayor Daley on speed dial. He made his bones fighting with ...

Louis Prevost, brother of newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, reenacts his reaction after he saw his brother on ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been elected the new pope under the papal name Pope Leo XIV, making him the first pope from the U.S.

Between class periods at Turlock’s Sacred Heart School on Thursday, the news that white smoke could be seen coming from the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s grandparents on his mother’s side lived in New Orleans before they migrated to Chicago, where his mother, ...

Pope Leo XIV has been with Augustinian order almost since childhood, wanted to be one of their priests since he was 13 ...

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.