ROME - The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

The new head of the Catholic church is a tennis fan. Within the walls of Vatican City, he will find his own court to play on.

Pope Leo XIV made his first trip outside Rome since being elected as leader of the Catholic Church. The pope was driven to ...

When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value ...

"I asked him why he took this name," Filoni said. "He's an Augustinian. ... He told me, 'In this moment, we need a man with a ...

The announcement that an American cardinal had been elected Roman Catholic Church’s 267th pope had special meaning for a ...

The sanctuary is run by the religious of the Order of St. Augustine and "houses an ancient image of the Virgin, dear to the ...

Pope Leo XIV identified artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity during his first formal audience.

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role with no global visibility.

John Prevost, one of the older brothers of Pope Leo XIV, said he briefly spoke with the pope to inform him they were headed to Rome.

Pope Leo XIV visited a shrine to the Virgin Mary in the small Italian town of Genazzano. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...