Susan Brown never intended to drift away from her Catholic roots. The Strawberry, Ark., resident, whose maiden name is Volpe, ...

There was no shortage of intensity between the Catholic Memorial and Pope Francis boys hockey teams Saturday night in their first meeting since the Knights edged the Cardinals in the Div. 1 state ...

ROME -- A second Vatican study commission has determined that women should not be ordained as deacons, dealing another ...

A bill sponsored by the state senate president that would change New Jersey's Administrative Procedure Act — the law that establishes the rules and regulations for state agencies — cleared committee ...

Traveling through the Mideast, Leo XIV channeled many of his predecessor’s messages. Leo’s deliberate manner differed from Francis. By Motoko Rich Motoko Rich, who covers the Vatican from her base in ...

The best way to describe him is as the anti-polarization pope. His biggest issues are peace and unity. He knows he’s operating in a context where very few world leaders are talking that way. It’s not ...

When Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV in May, it wasn’t just the election of the first U.S.-born pontiff that captivated the world. It was also that unmistakable Chicago flavor — the city ...

Pope Leo XIV revealed to a group of young American Catholics that he’s a bit of a rogue when it comes to playing Wordle — choosing a different starting word with every game. “I use a different word ...

Pope Leo XIV has appointed Cardinal Grzegorz Ryś, until now the archbishop of Łódź, as the new archbishop of Krakow, the archdiocese in Poland that was formerly led by Pope St. John Paul II. The ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV is embarking on his first foreign trip, a pilgrimage to Turkey and Lebanon that would be delicate under any circumstances but is even more fraught given Mideast tensions ...

Pope Leo XIV has a message for Americans celebrating Thanksgiving. While speaking with NBC's Molly Hunter on Nov. 25, the Chicago native shared what he hopes people remember during the annual holiday.