When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile ...

Before his brother was elected as the new Pope, John Prevost played Wordle and spoke on the phone with his brother daily.

Southland Catholics and elected leaders Thursday hailed the selection of Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope, becoming the first American to ever hold the position ...

On his 100th day as pope, Leo XIV made an urgent appeal for peace on Friday. "We must not resign ourselves to the logic of ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, 8 May, 2025 AP Photo An American flag is waved following the election of Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican, 8 May ...

COMMENTARY: Since taking office in May, the Holy Father has served the Church more as a stabilizer than a disruptor.

Newly elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, receives his biretta from Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sept. 30, 2023.

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, became the 267th leader of the Catholic Church on Thursday and the second Pope from the Americas.

Madonna has called on Pope Leo to travel to Gaza amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis, asking him to "bring your light to the ...

It was in the same frescoed chapel that Leo, the Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, was elected Thursday afternoon as the 267th pope, overcoming the traditional prohibition ...

Before Robert F. Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, he was apparently keeping a close eye on at least one major Illinois issue. Documents obtained by WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times through a public ...

A survivor of clergy sex abuse in Peru brought her public campaign for reform to the American hometown of Pope Leo XIV.