Catholics across the ideological spectrum have expressed hope that Leo will be able to heal some of the divisions that emerged during the pontificate of his predecessor, Pope Francis.” ...

Watch: Vatican releases Pope Leo fundraising video amid financial crisis - The slick one-minute video urges the faithful to ...

Explosions were heard in Iran's capital as Israeli warplanes pounded Tehran overnight and into Wednesday. Less than a week into the conflict, Israel says its aircraft have free rein over the city’s ...

Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders to reject the temptation to use “powerful and sophisticated weapons,” as President ...

But over his childhood home. Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago in 1955 and grew up in a squat brick house just ...

In a shocking revelation, Pope Leo XIV's familial ties were connected to the legendary singer Madonna through distant ...

Though 1 in 5 Americans identify as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.

The Times discovered that the Chicago native is related to Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich concelebrated a special Mass for the election of a first-ever Chicago-born pope. Trinity Sunday's vigil Mass June 14 was at Rate Field, the home park of ...

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," ...