(OSV News) – A New Orleans genealogist has found that the first U.S.-born pope has Black and Creole roots – and the discovery ...

The Rev. Francis Edward Connors died peacefully early Wednesday morning, May 7, 2025 at Elderwood of Burlington; he was 85 ...

Tufts graduate student Rümeysa Öztürk returned to Boston after six weeks in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.

The historic election of Pope Leo XIV as the first U.S.-born pope is already upending an earlier calculus about U.S. conservative opposition to reform.

Pope Leo XIV has called for a just and lasting peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza with the release of ...

Nor is he accused of what many Catholic bishops worldwide have done — knowingly keeping confirmed abusers in public ministry ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

The sports loyalties of Pope Leo XIV became a topic of conversation almost as soon as the white smoke emerged from the ...

Pope Leo XIV is a White Sox fan — and the organization is embracing the news. Elected on Thursday, Robert Prevost is the ...

Monsignor Anthony Mancini from the Diocese of Providence said he was shocked to learn that Pope Leo XIV is from the United States, calling it a great honor for the country and the Catholic Church.

The new pope, Chicago area native Robert Prevost, has faced criticism for not doing more to encourage his religious order, ...