Nothing compares to the pageantry of a papal election, not the coronation of a British monarch, a presidential inauguration ...

As a Chicagoan who teaches at Villanova University, it was surreal for me to watch the election of Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead ...

Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.

With the election of the new Pope Leo XIV, Pensions & Investments reviewed the financial standing of the United States ...

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

Hector Camacho remembers Robert Prevost, set to be formally inaugurated as Pope Leo XIV on Sunday, as a young jeans-wearing ...

Pope Leo XIV hasn’t wasted any time shaking up global headlines — especially in the United States. Days after his historic ...

Trump has abandoned, and seeks to undermine, many pillars of America’s moral leadership, so Leo’s new papacy comes at a critical time as the church and the world look for a leader who will inspire and ...

EDWARDSBURG, Mich. (WNDU) - With Pope Leo XIV making history as the first pope from the United States, his connections to Michiana continue to be uncovered. One of those ties goes back many years to ...

On Monday, Pope Leo XIV gave his first press conference at the Vatican, where he called for peace and free speech as he ...

Pope Leo XIV had an initial one-word response when asked by a reporter on Monday if he had a message for his native United ...