But as he steps into the papacy, many around Chicagoland are watching to see who this native son will be as Leo XIV, ...

Pope Leo XIV will address the crowd via video at a mass celebrating his ascent to the papacy that will be held at Chicago’s ...

Pope Leo XIV's election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

Pope Leo XIV greeted thousands of his followers and world leaders during the Inaugural Mass of his pontificate in St. Peter’s ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV's significance as leader of the Catholic Church is beyond dispute, but the papacy's role has historically extended far beyond the altar and pews. For more than a century, ...

In this week’s Throwback Thursday, Brian Bouchard revisits Pope John Paul II’s visit to Moncton, New Brunswick. Pope John Paul II was known as “The Pilgrim Pope” visiting over 129 countries in his ...

The name suggests he will continue the work of Pope Leo XIII, who led the Catholic Church between 1878 and 1903 with a commitment to social issues. Natalia Imperatori-Lee, the rel ...

For many centuries we have seen the custom of a new pope changing his name. It signals the kind of papacy he envisions as he assumes the mantle.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope and has stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as the new leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics.