The Catholic leaders of Leo’s hometown hold out hope that the new pope can help turn around ailing finances and a shortage of ...

Now that the world's most famous Catholic is an American from Chicago, some hope Pope Leo XIV will help bring new energy to a ...

The mother of soon-to-be canonized Carlo Acutis spoke to a capacity crowd of more than 2,500 people at St. Patrick’s ...

The joy of the largest community of Peruvian faithful outside of Peru, found in Paterson, New Jersey, is impossible to ...

Pope Leo’s photo of him accepting a gift from a stranger is causing quite the stir. The newly elected Pope has been ever ...

On the World Day of Eastern Christians, a liturgy was celebrated at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Sunday, May 25, presided ...

an American missionary born in Chicago who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history ...

Robert F. Prevost spent at Villanova University in Philadelphia -- from the fall of 1973 until May 1977, when he graduated with a degree in mathematics and began his novitiate with the Augustinian ...

This raucous meeting, which took place exactly 1700 years ago, was one of the most important in Christian history.

Pope Leo declared himself a Roman as he completed the final ceremonial steps cementing his role as the bishop of Rome. The first American pope formally took possession of the St John Lateran Basilica, ...

The rules behind Pope Leo remaining a US citizen now he’s a foreign head of state - Other US citizens have served as foreign ...

Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom welcomed daughter Daisy Dove in 2020, but they haven't gotten married just yet. Here's a recap of their romance so far.