Pope Leo XIV is the first member of the Augustinian order to be elected pope. How the Augustinian influence shapes his ...

It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said the Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in ...

Presiding over a Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, Leo was inaugurated as the first American pope, in a ceremony filled ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first ...

Augustinian Brothers from the Midwest arrived in Vatican city to celebrate that one of their own will to be installed as the 267th pontiff on Sunday. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to ...

The veneration of Virgin Mary is central to Catholics, from popes to the ordinary faithful. Pope Leo XIV closed the first ...

The disruptive impact of artificial intelligence poses moral, ethical and spiritual questions. The new pope says the world’s ...

The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and cemeteries in, under, and around the city. Remains of a sprawling ...

ROME (AP) — They don’t have a vote in the pope’s election, but nearly 900 superiors of the world’s female Catholic orders met in Rome on Monday to chart a course forward, a few miles from ...

The magnitude of history in Rome, the significance, and associations that the Vatican City triggered mostly made me wonder what the grandeur and the sacredness would evoke in me if I were Catholic.

An unusual quiet blanketed the streets of Rome. The deviation from custom, the lack of a papal appearance meant fewer of the usual crowds of faithful and tourists, leaving the cobbled piazzas and ...

The streets of Rome are bustling as mourners wait patiently in line outside the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major – the final resting place of Pope Francis, whose death on 21 April prompted an ...