Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

S tanding in front of the cascade of crimson curtains on the balcony of Saint Peter’s on the evening of May 8, with an ...

The papacy, an institution stretching back nearly two millennia, represents one of history's longest unbroken lines of ...

It is common that upon the death of a Pope, comments arise recalling his pontificate—some positive, others not so much. But ...

The Most Reverend Timothy C. Senior, Bishop of Harrisburg, announced changes to clergy assignments this weekend. Every year the Diocesan Bishop works with the Priest Personnel Board to make assignment ...

The 69-year-old pope offered a message of communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before 150,000 people, presidents, patriarchs and princes.

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass ...

In the first week of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate, his preaching and speeches have featured quotations from saints and Church Fathers from St. Ignatius of Antioch to St. Gregory the Great.

Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south suburbs, where he lived in Dolton and attended St. Mary’s parish before becoming Pope Leo XIV.

SCHIAVON, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV’ s choice of name signals a commitment to social justice which is very much in line with the late Pope Francis’ global ministry.