Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei ...

The Deacon of St. Mary’s church was nearly moved to tears talking about his personal connection to Pope Leo the 14th.

The church's owner hopes the papal link can help efforts to save and reuse the parish buildings on the Far South Side.

At a conclave with many new members, a swift, stunning consensus built around an unknown to many outside of the church.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — For thousands of Catholic pilgrims in Rome, it’s the unmissable Vatican appointment: the midday Sunday ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago has been elected pope, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic ...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople said he hopes Pope Leo XIV will “be a dear brother and collaborator … for ...

Bishop Robert J. Brennan, Bishop of the Diocese of Brooklyn, celebrated Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of St. James in ...

The pontiff held his first meeting with the news media at the Vatican and called on reporters to choose “the path of ...

In his public appearance as pope, Leo called himself an Augustinian, putting an unusual spotlight on his religious order.

Leo, the first American pope, told the cardinals that he was fully committed to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the 1960s meetings that modernized the church. He identified AI as one of the ...