One has danced atop the dugout at Rate Field. Another earned a Topps trading card for throwing a perfect strike. And a third ...

The canonization of Carlo Acutis, the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint, will take place on September 7, Pope Leo XIV has announced. Acutis, an Italian teenager who died from leukemia in 2006, ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past.

NEW: The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV—a refugee himself—is mobilizing priests to accompany migrants at ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro to head the academy; he says he will focus on artificial intelligence, ...

I truly believe Pope Leo will be very supportive of the renewal and of other lay movements,” said Shayne Bennett of Holy ...

Pope Leo XIV fully embraced the White Sox this week by wearing the MLB team’s hat during an appearance at the Vatican on ...

Abuse experts and survivors express a mix of tentative hopes and low expectations for how Pope Leo might address disciplining ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Pope Leo XIV waves after walking onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025, following his election during the conclave. He is the first American pope and the first ...

This chart was prepared by Henry Louis Gates Jr., American Ancestors and the Cuban Genealogy Club of Miami. It reflects the ...

I have lived during the Papacy’s eight popes. The first was Pius XII who died on Oct. 9, 1958. Pope Leo the XIV’s papacy will likely be my last because at 69 he is 10 years younger than I am. He is ...