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 first days as pope, Leo XIV has struck many as an unassuming man of quiet warmth and deeply rooted identity. A visit ...

As dusk fell over the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica in Hagåtña on Thursday, Guam’s Catholic community gathered in solemn prayer and remembrance of Pope Francis, who died Monday at ...

Shortly after the news of his passing, the bells of the Dulce Nombre de Maria Cathedral-Basilica tower in Hagåtña tolled 266 times, in accordance with Church protocol. It signified the passing ...

Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich participated in the conclave that elected Robert Prevost to lead the Catholic Church as pope.

Above, a pool of blue light from a stained-glass window illuminates a balcony where the St. Mary of the Assumption Church ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

In a place where civic pride is a way of life, Chicagoans need little help believing the election of Pope Leo shows their ...

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.

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. He grew up in Dolton and attended St. Mary of the Assumption. A childhood friend said ...