Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

Pope Leo XIV's background tells the story of complicated racial identities in the U.S., multiculturalism and Black Catholics ...

Catholic Charities organizations are rallying to support communities devastated by the more than 70 tornadoes that tore through the central United States last week.

Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

One of the most unifying elements of the Medieval Period was the Roman Catholic Church. All classes and ranks of people, whether that be nobles, peasants or tradesmen, were profoundly affected by the ...

An American rabbi has voiced optimism for Catholic-Jewish relations after the election of Pope Leo XIV, saying his ...

Before the Reformation, there was not a Catholic Church in the Roman Catholic sense we think of today. It was just the church ...

Born amid revolution, Eugène de Mazenod found his purpose at the foot of the Cross — and went on to become a bishop, founder ...

Reports that the new leader of the Catholic Church has mixed African ancestry offer a fascinating antidote to President Trump’s attacks on diversity in America.

Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost made history this month as Pope Leo XIV became the first American to lead the Catholic Church.