A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered a message of hope by video message on Saturday at a celebration and mass at Rate Field, honoring the papacy of the city's native son.In an eight-minute video played during the ...

The event, set in Leo's hometown, was organized by the Archdiocese of Chicago in honor of his recent election as pope.

Five years after the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis while he was in police custody sparked national and global calls ...

Pope Leo XIV on Friday set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church’s first millennial-era saint Carlo ...

ROME — The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe of Catholics, riven by political divisions that have thwarted the ...

(photo: Courtesy of subjects) Beverly Willett Features April 26, 2025 Catholic converts wait and ponder, some longer than others. And, this spring, Americans flocked to the Church, including waves ...

Critics from both inside and outside the Catholic Church questioned Francis’ diplomatic attempts, but he emphasized the need to improve relations. Speaking to the Asia Times in 2016, Francis ...

About six months after he was elected head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis made a surprising admission. A Jesuit priest was interviewing Francis when he departed from a pre-approved list of ...

There is a spike in converts to the Roman Catholic Church as young adults reportedly seek "moral order" after the pandemic years. While people may convert to the Catholic faith at any time of year ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church who tried to position it to be more inclusive, died on Easter Monday, Vatican officials confirmed. He was 88. Cardinal Kevin ...

“There’s just something so beautiful and transcendent about the rituals and the ancient history in the Catholic Mass that’s been preserved,” Johnston, 30, told The Post. “The church ...