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Tickets are now on sale for a celebration of Pope Leo XIV on June 14 at Rate Field. Tickets originally going for $5 apiece, which could be bought in bundles of up to 10, were hitting resale sites ...
Pope Leo XIV gave a homily at a Mass a day after he was chosen to lead the Catholic Church. Here's what the new pontiff said, and what he's up to in the coming days.
Averting a financial crisis “will rank among most pressing issues for the new pontiff,” says Charles Gillespie, PhD, professor at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.
Pope Leo's Big Sibling Reveals Why 'I Told My Brother He Was Weird' — and More Family Memories (Exclusive) Plus: See PEOPLE's new cover marking Pope Leo XIV's historic rise ...
Robert Francis Prevost, who was born in Chicago and attended Villanova University, was elected as the new pope on Thursday and chose Leo XIV as his papal name.
Pope Leo XIV asked Sunday for prayers for China’s Catholics to be in communion with the Holy See, as he made his first public remarks about one of the thorniest foreign policy issues facing his ...
Leo will be formally installed as pope at a Mass on May 18, the Vatican said Friday, and will preside over his first general audience May 21.
History made with new Pope Leo XIV The first Mass comes less than a day after 133 cardinal electors selected Leo, formerly Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, as the 267th pope of the Catholic Church ...
The owner of Pope Leo XIII’s childhood home in the suburbs of Chicago yanked the humble abode off the market overnight with potential plans to jack up the price.
Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope in Catholic history, is reportedly less outgoing than his predecessor.
The brother of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV, who made history by becoming the first American pontiff, said "there are no words" while reacting to the big news on Thursday.
Pope Leo XIV is a man of many firsts; apart from being the first American-born pope, he is also the first pope to be an Augustinian.