Father Brian O’Brien of Holy Family Cathedral shared his emotional reaction to the election of Pope Leo XIV—the first ...

Catholics across the region are celebrating the historic announcement that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area.

Of course Chicagoans are celebrating the new pope at home as well. A Mass of Thanksgiving is set to start Friday morning where Catholics from across the area will come together to celebrate the ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every ...

As tens of thousands of people gathered in Rome to watch Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV make his first introduction to the world, Milwaukee Catholics rejoiced at a mass at the Cathedral of St. John the ...

Billings Catholic students and clergy were pleasantly surprised on Thursday with the announcement of the first American-born pope.