Since the Diocese of Buffalo announced its Road to Renewal program with plans to close 80 of its churches across Western New ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Since the Middle Ages, the Holy See has positioned itself as the preeminent mediator for international conflicts regardless ...

Pope John had been diagnosed with stomach cancer months earlier in September 1962, just a couple of weeks before he offered ...

The tradition of popes taking new names upon their election is one of the most recognizable customs in the Roman Catholic ...

In Chicago, people are very excited about Pope Leo XIV, or Father Bob, as those who’ve known Robert Francis Prevost a long ...

"We pray that Pope Leo will lead us on that path of proclaiming the Gospel to the whole world," Archbishop Broglio said.

On the day after the Mass for the Inauguration of his Petrine Ministry, Pope Leo XIV greets delegations from non-Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV reopened the papal apartment, sealed since Francis’ death. The pope’s residence hasn’t always been in the ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first Pope from the Order of St. Augustine, which suggests he will promote peace and dialogue.

At the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Orthodox clergy and faithful welcomed the May 8 election of Pope Leo XIV, hoping he would build on the ecumenical progress made by his ...