Pope Leo XIV will officially inaugurate his papacy with Mass in St. Peter's Square May 18. Although he was pope from the ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter's basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

I used to think there was just one Camino -- a yellow-arrow path that everyone followed, more or less the same. But out here on the Norte, I've discovered there are ...

... we should put our best foot forward in making good use of the opportunity to show the world not only who we are, but who Christ is. On the eve of the conclave, I ...

BOSTON -- Five-year-old Deacon Johnathan Saniuk was sitting on the couch watching TV when his priestly vocation was discovered. The boy just didn't realize it yet. It was his youth minister, Nancy ...

Where Christians are "mocked, opposed, despised or at best tolerated and pitied" is where the Catholic Church's "missionary ...

Archbishop Richard G. Henning said he was "surprised" but not "shocked" to see the election of the first American-born pope.

President Donald Trump on May 8 congratulated Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for ...

Even before he stepped out on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica and spoke May 8, Pope Leo XIV's choice of a name was a ...

Among the thousands of pilgrims along the main road leading to St. Peter's Square waiting anxiously for signs of smoke from the Sistine Chapel chimney was journalist and abuse su ...

He enjoys gelato after lunch, plays tennis weekly in the gardens of the Augustinian Curia in Rome and roots passionately for the Chicago White Sox. But now, the man once known as C ...

As the Catholic Church welcomes its first American pope, here are 10 things to know about Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert F. Prevost. 1. Chicagoan. Pope Leo was born Sept. 14, 19 ...