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

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

Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his historic path.

A US bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV has instructed a group of priests and deacons in his district to accompany migrants to ...

In a sermon on a major Christian holiday, Pope Leo XIV appeared to take a shot at travel bans recently put in place by ...

Chicago will honor its hometown pope, Leo XIV, with a public celebration on Saturday at Rate Field, home of the White Sox.

Leo's message contrasts sharply with Trump's vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. The late Pope Francis also clashed with Trump over immigration, once saying the president was "not ...

Michael Pham, who was named bishop of San Diego, California, by Pope Leo in May, wrote a letter about the action on Wednesday ...

Pope Leo XIV expressed “great concern” on June 14 as the conflict between Israel and Iran deteriorated seriously following ...

Archbishop James P. Green may not be a familiar name to American Catholics, but the Philadelphia native has played a ...

By then, Considine had become head of the U.S. bishops’ Latin America Bureau. He worked with the onetime Catholic priest and ...

Pope Leo may bring unique insight to the problem of polarization in the U.S. and in the U.S. church, analysts say.