As Pope Leo XIV settles into his papacy, the three million U.S. Black Catholics contemplate its deeper meaning, as questions ...

Thousands of people from across the region gathered at the home of the Chicago White Sox Saturday to celebrate Pope Leo XIV with a mass and video message from the pontiff himself.

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

Supporters of Pope Leo XIV gathered Saturday, not in a cathedral or a church, but a baseball stadium the pope once frequented ...

Gov. JB Pritzker spent hours Thursday defending his governing record and Illinois’ immigration policies as he was peppered ...

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are feeling excited about their new religious leader.

“So many people who suffer from different experiences of depression or sadness — they can discover that the love of God is ...

Masses of demonstrators packed into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump, marching through downtowns and small towns, blaring anti-authoritarian ...

CHICAGO (RNS) — At Rate Field, the home of the Chicago White Sox, some 30,000 celebrated a native son, Pope Leo XIV, Saturday ...

Rev. Michael Pham is urging faith leaders to attend migrant court hearings on June 20, saying their presence improves how migrants are treated.

The first U.S. pope is a citizen of Peru, and the first U.S. bishop he appointed is a refugee from Vietnam. And next week, ...