Archbishop Nelson Pérez, along with educators and pastors in the region, share their impressions and memories of the first American elected pope.

(OSV News) – A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots – and the discovery ...

A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots -- and the discovery illuminates the nation's rich multiracial history, the experience of Bla ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Something like this is a nice little shot in the arm for the organization,” said chief revenue and marketing officer Brooks ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American to ascend to the papacy, has voted in three Republican primary elections since 2012, state voting records show ... Chicago’s Archdiocese predicted that the ...

Brother Richard Withers has lived a life of solitary prayer and contemplation in the Philadelphia region for 24 years. On May ...

The pope-to-be, by all accounts an exceptional student as a youngster, grew up in the old St. Mary of Assumption parish at the far southern edge of Chicago, attending grade school there and serving as ...

He later studied at the novitiate of the Order of Saint Augustine in St. Louis, according to the Catholic Conference of Illinois, before graduating from Villanova University near Philadelphia in ...