The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who was born in Chicago and just arrived in Rome to teach.

On Sunday morning, the outdoor Mass in St. Peter’s Square, attended by an ... The Rev. Homero Sánchez (far left), pastor of Chicago’s St. Rita of Cascia parish; the Rev. Joe Roccasalva ...

COMMENTARY: Not since 1808 when Bishop John Carroll was the bishop of Baltimore — then the only diocese in the United States ...

I’m praying for this new pope from the United States who has roots in the 7th Ward. That was a mind-blowing moment for me,’ ...

When Robert Francis Prevost spoke in Spanish to his crowd of supporters for the first time in St. Peter’s Square last week ... “I’ve lived in Chicago for many years. And that he is from ...

From Polish pilgrimage trails to French vineyards, the places popes come from often gain new meaning. With the announcement ...

Vice President JD Vance attended Pope Leo's inaugural mass. The trip could set the tone for the Trump administration's relationship with the new pope.

Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in St Peter’s Square. The ceremony – before tens of thousands of people, ...

As a Chicago-born math major, canon lawyer and two-time superior of his global Augustinian religious order, the 69-year-old ...

to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world, offering a message of love and communion during an inaugural Mass in St. Peter's Square before tens of thousands ...

Tens of thousands, including dozens of world leaders, are celebrating the new leader of the world's 1.4. billion Catholics.

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world, offering a message of communion during an inaugural Mass ...