Pope Leo XIV’s election as the first American to lead the Catholic Church elevated him to the rare position of being a U.S.

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered for Pope Francis' funeral on Saturday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88 after 12 years at the head of the ...

Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, has vowed to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a sign of peace in the world.

This Morning's presenter Alison Hammond, has candidly discussed her journey on the renowned ITV show, including her plans to "give it up" as she expressed a desire for relaxation and a break from ...

By Emma Bubola Reporting from Vatican City In his first formal address to Roman Catholic cardinals, Pope Leo XIV on Saturday said he would continue the work of Pope Francis in steering the church ...

Entering the church to a few shouts of "Viva il papa" (Long live the pope), Leo walked slowly to Francis' tomb, laying a white flower on it. Sign up here. He then knelt in prayer for a few moments.

HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- Our coverage of this story has moved here. Chicago police could be seen investigating a crime scene and crash Thursday in northwest Indiana. An officer-involved shooting ...

A judge rejected a defense lawyer’s bid Thursday to delay the trial for a man charged as an accomplice in a November 2021 Hammond home invasion. Garrett Whittenburg, 42, of Chicago, is scheduled ...

The world of sport is “a constellation of many stars,” Pope Francis told La Gazzetta dello Sport, the Italian daily sports newspaper, during a wide-ranging interview in January 2021.

Robert Francis Prevost, the first pope from the United States, has a history of missionary work in Peru but also a keen grasp of the inner workings of the Church. The new Leo XIV, a Chicago native ...

The brother of Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, said the newly elected pontiff will likely follow in the late Pope Francis’s footsteps to serve and look out for “those who don’t have a ...

“We all were watching that TV, looking for that white smoke,” said Father Cayet Mangiaracina, associate pastor emeritus of Hammond’s ... legacy of the late Pope Francis whose death last ...