Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling ...

(RNS) — In taking the name Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost — Father Bob to American Catholics and Padre Roberto to his ...

Leo, born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955, became a novitiate in the Order of Saint Augustine at 22 years old after graduating ...

Pope Leo XIV signalled on Saturday he would continue with the vision and reforms of Pope Francis, telling the world's ...

The vestibule was filled with little white dresses, veils and suits before the First Communion Mass on May 3 at St. Michael ...

Galetto, Prevost’s former classmate turned fellow priest, said Prevost’s years saw the beginning of Rollie Massimino’s reign.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A special noontime Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter drew a crowd Thursday as local ...

Local Catholics are happy and thankful for new Pope Leo XIV. The bishop led a special mass to give thanks and praise for the ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first U.S.-born pontiff, said Friday that his election was both a cross to bear and a blessing as he ...

Sacramento Bishop Jaime Soto joined KCRA 3 on Friday to discuss the ascension of Pope Leo XIV, saying he was “startled” by news of the first American pontiff in history. “I didn’t think an American ...

"For many years, he used to come and go," the Rev. Thomas Vathappallil of St. Rita's in Racine County said about Pope Leo Friday.

Students in Oklahoma Catholic schools experienced an unforgettable week as they celebrated the election of the first American ...