A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

Matthew Gamboa, a 15-year-old who attends St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois, said he was inspired by the ...

Pope Leo XIV said, "You cannot follow both Christ and the cruelty of kings. A leader who mocks the weak, exalts himself, and preys on the innocent is not sent by God. He is sent to test you. And many ...

Thousands went to the first American pope’s old haunt on the South Side to hear a message from the man they once knew as ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV grew up as a White Sox fan in Dolton, Ill., and he gave a message on the video board Saturday at ...

The city of Chicago celebrated the first American pope on Saturday. Pope Leo XIV offered a special video message at the home ...

In a message to Catholics in Chicago, directed especially at young people, Pope Leo XIV urged them to become “beacons of hope ...

Pope Leo, a native of Chicago's south side and a long-time fan of his beloved but beleaguered White Sox, sent a video message ...

More than 30,000 are gathering in Chicago Saturday to see Pope Leo XIV deliver a video message to a crowd in his hometown.