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

But over his childhood home. Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago in 1955 and grew up in a squat brick house just ...

Pope Leo XIV called on world leaders to reject the temptation to use “powerful and sophisticated weapons,” as President ...

Though 1 in 5 Americans identify as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.

According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...

The Times discovered that the Chicago native is related to Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin ...

Catholics across the ideological spectrum have expressed hope that Leo will be able to heal some of the divisions that emerged during the pontificate of his predecessor, Pope Francis.” ...

Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

While there’s plenty of room for views to shift as Pope Leo’s agenda becomes clear, people are watching how the first ...

You are the promise of hope for so many of us,” the pope told young people attending the event at Rate Field, the home of the ...

In a shocking revelation, Pope Leo XIV's familial ties were connected to the legendary singer Madonna through distant ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.