The shy 69-year-old Augustinian missionary has eschewed the headline-grabbing protagonism of past pontiffs in favor of a ...

Pope Leo XIV’s Creole and African ancestry, traced to Louisiana and West Africa, is prompting celebration and curiosity among ...

Overlooking Lake Albano on a hill south of Rome, Castel Gandolfo was for centuries a much-loved papal summer retreat — until ...

According to state immunization data, vaccination rates among kindergartners in Massachusetts have been falling — from 95.9% ...

Claretian brothers and priests fleeing the war in Mexico stayed at the former location of the Protestant Orphans’ Home during ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to buy his childhood home after the south Chicago suburb’s board voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase the property, hoping it will breathe new life into a village ...

What was once an overlooked property has now become Doltons unexpected lifeline. With Pope Leo XIVs election drawing ...

Pope Leo XIV signaled commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse by appointing France’s Bishop Thibault ...

As Christianity declines in the West, the faith is flourishing in sub-Saharan Africa, which is seeing the fastest growth in ...

Chicago photographer Craig Shimala got himself “quite the backdrop” to record the fireworks on July Fourth. Shimala’s video ...

Pope Leo has a dialogue with children participating in the Vatican's summer camp who gathered with him yesterday in the Paul ...

Pope Leo has a dialogue with children participating in the Vatican's summer camp who gathered with him yesterday in the Paul ...