Gazing at the camera with his hair neatly parted, tie tightened up to his collar and a twinkle in his eye, the boy looked every inch a clean-cut Catholic school student. To his friends, Robert Prevost ...

Just days after cardinals elected a new leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV delivered his first noon blessing on Sunday.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

We pray for the Pope. We pray that he'll be a great pastor and a great beacon of hope and light to the world,” said Father Tim Holeda of Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More.

The leader of the Vatican signals a stronger desire and commitment to return the church to its roots of social teaching, ...

In Chicago, New Orleans and beyond, elated worshipers and priests celebrated their immediate sense of connection with Pope ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Sunday blessing on May 11 as the new Head of the Catholic Church in Vatican City. Video by Dominic Nalpon via Storyful ...

Faithfuls across the U.S. turned out to share the first Sunday mass with the first American pope in Catholic Church history. Omar Villafranca reports.

The St. Joseph Catholic Church in Fayetteville holds first Sunday Mass after new Pope is selected The St. Joseph Catholic ...

The Dolton native joins other Chicago figures enshrined in bobblehead form, such as Chicago American Giants’ Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Foster, the 1985 Bears Super Bowl roster, Barack and Michelle ...

At services on Sunday, some Catholics took particular pride in the election of the first American pontiff, who has familial ...

A special prayer was delivered at Holy Name Cathedral Sunday for Pope Leo XIV. The church held its first Sunday mass since ...