The Vatican is welcoming more than a thousand social media influencers to Rome this week for an event intended to shape a new ...

From the very first moments of his papacy, when he addressed the crowd from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica, it was clear that Pope Leo XIV would continue the path of openness set by his ...

Places where Robert Francis Prevost may have spent childhood in, around Dolton is mostly now photographs and memories.

A new book suggests Chicago-born Robert Prevost may have been reluctant at first to take on the weighty responsibility of ...

Pope Francis was viewed as relatively progressive. His successor, the first American pope, is now in a unique position to ...

" Pope Leo XIV sent greetings to Peru on the occasion of Independence Day and offered his best wishes for fraternal coexistence among all Peruvians.

Oklahoma Roman Catholic leaders explore the commonalities between Pope Leo XIV and Blessed Stanley Rother, men who each ...

A Chicago family vacationing in Rome surprised the Vatican’s new pope with a Chicago Bears-themed gift Sunday. The Muñoz ...

The Village of Dolton recently closed on the property that was the childhood home of Robert Prevost, now knowns to the world ...

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