Understanding the American way of life, Pope Leo embodies the possibility of living a life dedicated to faith amidst a capitalistic society. His journey from a teenager in Chicago to the leader of the ...

Online genealogists found that Pope Leo’s paternal grandparents in Chicago were accused of having an “illicit affair” in the ...

Pope Leo also celebrated Mother’s Day as jubilee bands and thousands of pilgrims created a festive atmosphere in St. Peter’s ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago and one of the 10 U.S. cardinal electors at the conclave that elected the ...

COMMENTARY: A Church united and at peace with itself is powerful and has proven, time-tested answers to all the questions ...

An American boomer from the Chicago area has been elected pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Whoa! There is so much going on ...

Pope Francis passed away at age 88 on April 21, just a day after an Easter Sunday appearance at St. Peter’s Square, where he gave well-wishes to thousands of Catholic supporters. The Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral ... “So we are also here to give to him this love that he gave to us.” ...

Artificial intelligence was struggling on Wednesday to forecast the outcome of the notoriously secretive and unpredictable process by which Catholic cardinals elect a new pope. The April 21 death ...

When Pope Francis' body arrives outside the papal basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore on Saturday, April 26, it will be greeted by Rome's poor and needy who will have the final chance to pay their ...

In 2010, Ghana's Cardinal Peter Turkson said he was not ready to become pope -- and that the Catholic Church might not be either. "I wouldn't want to be that first black pope. I think he'll have a ...