Ongoing restoration work within St. Peter's Basilica is providing a rare glimpse into centuries-old details that have been ...

Pope Leo’s childhood church, St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s south side, is in a state of disrepair and in danger of ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

In his public appearance as pope, Leo called himself an Augustinian, putting an unusual spotlight on his religious order.