One Erie bishop met the new pope almost a decade ago in Rome. Another bishop with local ties is going to Pope Leo XIV's ...

Pope Leo XIV gave an initial blessing to the idea of the Vatican Tennis Invitational, wryly adding, “Just don’t bring [Jannik ...

Pope Leo XIV’s older brother has a history of posting MAGA memes and misinformation on social media, according to multiple ...

Pope Leo XIV began his clerical career in his hometown, and then was sent to Peru, where he served for nearly 40 years.

The Rev. Richard J. McGrath was a longtime leader of Providence Catholic High School, run by the Augustinians, whose Midwest ...

Pope Leo’s hometown Dolton was hit with economic hardship following the collapse of the steel industry on the Far South Side.

Nevertheless, the women who have worked closely with Prevost in recent years have praised his leadership style, ability to ...

The newly named Leo will be a welcome voice, with a Midwestern accent, against the unchristian attitude of the present ...

Pope Leo XIV’s American and Peruvian experience offers a compelling moral and economic lens through which to examine the ...

Pope Leo XIV’s family has been cheering him as he reaches major milestone moments. Cardinal Robert Prevost, now known as Pope Leo, was born to Louis Marius Prevost and Mildred Martínez in September ...

Even as Pope Leo XIV's profile as a humble champion of the disenfranchised takes shape, a looming question is how he will ...

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...