It is one of the oldest and most traditional communities of Catholicism, with eight centuries of history and Martin Luther ...

Catholics and non-Catholics alike are riding high on emotions over two words: Habemus papam. (We have a pope.) However, once ...

Pope Leo XIV's Latin American connections and first-hand familiarity with the lives of the poor in Peru, will likely ...

"Bishop Prevost was never the kind of bishop who gave orders from behind a desk," said Janinna Sesa Córdova, who led Caritas ...

Attendees at the Mass shouted "¡Viva el Papa León!" ("Long live Pope Leo!") and "¡El papa es chiclayano!" ("The pope is a ...

While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

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

Pope Leo XIV's childhood home in Dolton, Illinois, was listed for sale on May 5 before being taken off the market just days later. Find out more.

Robert F. Prevost, the Roman Catholic cardinal who was chosen to be the new pope, has voted in Will County, Illinois, over the past 13 years ...

Pope Leo was born in the United States, but for his adopted nation of Peru, he is a “Chiclayano” – a son of the bustling northern Peruvian city where everyone seems to have a story about him.

I met the man who would become Pope Leo XIV in October 2023. We were standing outside the Vatican’s Synod Hall, and from my ...