Cardinal Robert Prevost's election as pope is giving Knicks fans a boost. He's the first American pontiff and, like Jalen ...

Vice President JD Vance said this week he didn't want to get political about new pope Leo XIV, calling his election "a great ...

“DA POPE!” blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city’s unique accent, ...

Local Catholics are happy and thankful for new Pope Leo XIV. The bishop led a special mass to give thanks and praise for the ...

Some Catholics believe the previous pope helped bring more young people to the Catholic faith. The question is whether that ...

The Plaquemines Parish Sheriff's Office is responding to a scene off the coast in Venice. Deputies say three people were struck by lightning on a boat. Their conditions are labeled by deputies as mild ...

While Chicago is celebrating the election of a new pope from the South Side, not everyone's cheering. Some are hoping this could be a moment when it comes to how the Catholic Church addresses child ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass ...

Like many other faithful Catholics, Louis Prevost watched with great anticipation for white smoke to rise from the chimney at ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until the explosive sex-abuse scandal exposed by the Boston Globe in 2002 in the ...

WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Father Gerry Waterman said his Syracuse University congregation erupted when they learned Pope Leo XIV ...

According to the historians exploring Leo XIV's genetic history, the new pope can trace his lineage to the Afro-Caribbean culture.