He got on very well with seminarians,” Meléndez said. “He was very open, reliable, sympathetic — and he loved talking to everyone in person.” ...

Those from the Chicago-area close to Pope Leo XIV are making their way to Rome for his installation Mass Sunday. A teacher from Providence Catholic High School in New Lenox leaves for Rome Friday.

Pope Leo XIV spent two decades ministering in Peru. He became part of Peruvian society and, eventually, a leader within it.

The election of Chicagoan Pope Leo XIV (né Robert Prevost) to the papacy has been a cause for celebration for Catholic ...

Pope Leo says family is based on ‘union between a man and a woman’ - The new pontiff has affirmed core Catholic teachings on ...

The women who have worked closely with Prevost in recent years have praised his leadership style, ability to listen and ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the ...

During the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore, where bishops, archbishops, and abbots convened in 1884 to, among other issues ...

Discover the reaction of Arkansas Catholics to the historic appointment of Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope in the ...

"May he help end wars in Ukraine, the Middle East, and prevent conflict between India and Pakistan," Ecumenical Patriarch ...

Survivors say the new pontiff must urgently improve on Pope Francis’s complicated legacy by committing to transparency and ...

Experts see the new pontiff as less confrontational than his predecessor, but willing to stand up for the church's teachings.