ROME - The new Chicago-raised Pope Leo XIV faces an immediate challenge in his native country: taming the brawling U.S. tribe ...

Leo’s ascent occurred with remarkable speed. Just over two years ago, he’d been one of the church’s 5,400 bishops — a role ...

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Robert Prevost’s brother, John, said a neighbor once told him he’d be pope. Who is Pope Leo XIV?The 69-year-old Chicago ...

The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and disorienting to Roman Catholics around the world, who had ...

IN OUR HOME TOWN OF MORATUWA PEOPLE ALWAYS CALLED HIM CAPTAIN HE FLEW SPITFIRES AND DAKOTAS IN THE GOLDEN AGE OF AVIATION I ...

Despite the order’s 800-year history — and its Italian origins — Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian to be named a pope.