The first American canonized by the Roman Catholic Church — just like the first American chosen as pope — once walked among the people of Chicago.

A local historian went to Rome for the first time during the conclave. But he wasn’t expecting ‘that’ kind of history.

Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the ...

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

Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos Aires at ...

Archbishop thomas rodi ((road--ee)) has served as the leader of the archdiocese of mobile for close to two decades.Under church law -- when an a ...

Carlo Acutis was due to receive his sainthood from the late Pope Francis in April, and now Pope Leo has announced the new ...

Health issues even ultimately led to Pope Benedict's resignation in 2013, as, aged 85, he cited a 'lack of strength of mind and body' before being replaced by Pope Francis. Just months before his ...

Pope Leo XIV makes history as first American Pope History is made in Vatican City as white smoke rises above the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope ...

Chicago brings home the papacy: City celebrates native son Pope Leo XIV with memes and hope The newly elected Pope Leo XIV is taking the city of Chicago by storm. From the South Side to City Hall ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary born in Chicago who spent much of his career abroad and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in ...