Pope Leo XIV, the first U.S.-born pontiff, began his papacy with a richly-symbolic inaugural Mass, celebrated at the Vatican ...

Three children were being treated at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn Friday after the driver of a pickup truck crashed into a ...

Preaching in the Sistine Chapel on May 9 to the cardinals who elected him, the first pope born in the United States opened ...

The world is watching every word and move of the new head of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV, formerly known as Robert ...

In his official inauguration in office, Pope Leo XIV said his “first great desire” is for a united Church, “a sign of unity ...

Interview. “When an ideology becomes master of my life, then I can no longer dialogue or engage with another person because I have already decided how things will be,” said Cardinal Robert Francis ...

For decades, and especially in the 1980s and ’90s, church leaders routinely framed women’s primary place and responsibility ...

Pope Leo XIV reveals his coat of arms and motto, which clearly reflect his Augustinian roots. Vatican, Italy | VATICAN NEWS | ...

The digitally altered video claims the pope called Trump's policies "a hideous manifestation of white supremacist ideology." ...

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Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.