California is creating a state agency exclusively focused on housing issues. Earlier this year, Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a proposal to split up the Business, Consumer Services and Housing ...

A man has been charged with a rash of break-ins at Holy Name Church in Fall River, accused of stealing thousands in collection plate money.

Pope Leo XIV’s pontifical name is a reflection of his intent to lead the Catholic Church with a “clear vision” amid a turbulent world, Italian Cardinal Fernando Filoni said Friday.

Cardinal Filoni pointed to what was until this week the most recent Leonine pope, Pope Leo XIII, who lead the Church from 1878 to 1903, during a time of great global upheaval and change.

VATICAN CITY — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

The new Pope, Leo XIV, has called in his first Mass at the Vatican for the Catholic Church to "desperately" counter a lack of faith. Speaking the day after he was elected as the 267th Pope and ...

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 ...

Dubai: Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV, becoming the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.