Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

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

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history's first American pope ...

To convey how all-encompassing the Roman Catholic Church was during the Middle Ages, the historian R.W. Southern once offered ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope from Chicago, could boost interest in the Catholic Church, potentially increasing ...

A historic preservation organization is lobbying to have the childhood church of Pope Leo XIV designated as a Chicago ...

There are early signs that Pope Leo XIV is capitalizing on a moment of euphoria for Catholics and gaining traction within a ...

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago ... history of the Catholic Church. Prevost, a 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order, took the name Leo XIV. In his first words as Pope Francis ...

His call for unity was significant, given the polarization in the Catholic Church ... glimpsing the pope. Seeing the popemobile pass by in front of them, with the Chicago-born Leo on board ...