As much of world celebrated the 80th anniversary of V-E Day on May 8, white smoke emanated from the Sistine Chapel, marking another momentous occasion: The Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost was ...

Friar Francesco Patton, the outgoing Franciscan custos of the Holy Land, reflects on his nine years in office and proposed a ...

The priest told the bishops that he dared to write to them 'because for a long time' he has seen 'with dismay, repeated signs ...

"How we look at others is what counts, because it shows what is in our hearts," he said. "We can look and walk by, or we can ...

Pope Leo XIV is still keeping his cards close to his cassock, but people who have observed him over the years are helping ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV called Sunday for “merciful compassion” for the world’s poor, victims of tyranny and ...

Reflecting on the Parable of the Good Samaritan, the Pope called for a ‘revolution of love.’ This Sunday was the first time ...

So that's involved quite a bit of diagnostics and economic modeling to see what might be areas of major growth. In total, we’ve mobilized about $81 billion for Ukraine, both public and private. Q: ...

When Henry Louis Gates Jr. set out to trace the family tree of America's first pope, he had no idea he was about to uncover ...

A spokesperson for the Village of Dolton, Illinois, said the community is working to have the house named a historical site, ...

The Village of Dolton, Illinois, has bought Pope Leo XIV's former childhood home for $375,000. A village spokesperson ...