Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb’s board voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase the property, hoping it will breathe new life into a village ...

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The Catholic Church also faces enormous external challenges ~ with those in the global south distinct from those in the north ...

VATICAN CITY — In his very first sermon as pontiff, Pope Leo XIV told the cardinals who elected him that anyone who exercises ...

Catholic priests will now be able to celebrate Mass "for the care of creation" after the Vatican announced that a new ...

Beneath a canopy of Roman pines, Americans in Rome celebrated the Fourth of July this year with something more than barbecue and fireworks: the historic election of the first pope born and raised in ...

Pope Leo XIV heads off on a holiday on Sunday, having spent his first two months as the Catholic Church’s leader rebuilding ...

Leo XIV, a native of Chicago, can use his American upbringing to enhance significantly his papal ministry, but he must be ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost was named Pope, he took the name of Pope Leo XIV. Leo XIII authored Rerum Novarum, which is the ...

Pope Leo’s trip to picturesque lake town revives centuries-old papal tradition - Residents hope the Pope’s holiday will ...

The martyrs include three French missionaries and a Korean priest executed for violating a ban on Christianity ...

Pope Leo XIV picks up where Pope Francis left off, and embraces a new Mass focused on the environment, care for the Earth and ...