Pope Leo’s connection to Chicago is by now well known to the masses but long before he was born and raised in Dolton, his ancestors left the old world of Italy to begin a new life ...

Father Edward J. Bresnahan will be pastor of St. Leo the Great Church in Fairfax, effective June 26.

Preaching for the Sixth Sunday of Easter, Year C, Fr. Bill Gabriel, O.S.A., finds resonance in his homily between the risen ...

There is no room in Augustine’s concept of authority for one who is self-seeking and in search of power over others,” he ...

The Catholic faithful in Kalamazoo gathered at St. Augustine Cathedral Monday evening for a Mass of Thanksgiving as the excitement of a pope with real ties to West Michigan continues.

EDWARDSBURG, Mich. (WNDU) - With Pope Leo XIV making history as the first pope from the United States, his connections to Michiana continue to be uncovered. One of those ties goes back many years to ...

(RNS) — In taking the name Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost — Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his Peruvian flock — linked his pontificate to a monumental figure ...

Leo XIII, the last till now of the line of popes that took that name, was the “father” of modern Catholic social justice teaching, an ­enthusiast for serious theology, and a devotee of the ...

CHICAGO’S VERY OWN POPE LEO THE 14TH, WITH STRONG SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN ... BEFORE MASS, I TALKED WITH FATHER ANDY HERE AT HOLY NAME CATHEDRAL WHO MET THE POPE NEARLY NINE YEARS AGO.

Father Kevin Gallagher, a pastor at St. Denis Parish in Havertown, said when he heard the name of the new pope, he was elated for a number of reasons.

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass since becoming ... A yearbook page shows then-Father Robert Prevost surrounded by fellow Augustinian fathers. Over the last 24 hours, the wow factor has ...

A Pope with Peruvian citizenship is great!” Another added: “I hope you can soon take group trips to visit the Holy Father Leo XIV. He will be very happy to see you again.” In an interview ...