The new Chicago-born pope did not shy from world events in his public address following a prayer to the Virgin Mary, as he cited the recent 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, a conflict ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

So what can we expect from Prevost? His Augustinian roots suggest discipline and seriousness. And his Chicago roots, say we, ...

Advocates for victims of sex abuse say there needs to be an accounting of how then-Cardinal Robert Prevost handled such cases ...

The more I have learned about Robert Prevost, the more I am reminded of what people in Chicago neighborhoods call a “reg’lar ...

We want to be a synodal church. A church that walks, a church that always seeks peace, that always seeks charity, that always ...

Pope Leo XIV, or Papa León 14, has been selected to lead the Catholic Church and its 1.4 billion congregation worldwide.

The pope's Creole roots in New Orleans are a source of pride among the city's Black Catholics. But the revelation also ...

Mildred Prevost, a mother of three who sought a graduate degree, held her religious devotion at the center of her life.

Bishop Gerald Kicanas spoke with the new pope just after he was selected, sending him congratulations and prayers.

For American Catholics, the elevation of Robert Prevost to the papacy was a shock, a cause for celebration and a chance for ...