Online genealogists found that Pope Leo’s paternal grandparents in Chicago were accused of having an “illicit affair” in the 1910s, adding another layer to the pope’s complex family history.

“What Tom and I do is take everything we learned from the last film and apply it to this one. The submarine is its own ecosystem. Remember that when you’re watching Tom inside this semi ...

Sign up to receive our weekly cultural-recommendations newsletter. In the weeks since Pope Francis’s passing, the internet has been flooded by papal memes, election ...

Pope Leo XIV’s conservative brother said in an interview this week that while the new pontiff is "much more liberal than I am," he's not "woke." Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected as the first ...

I just want to personally say thank you to Tom Hagen for what he has done to help ... Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo the XIV, became the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic church when he was ...

One letter writer thanks Tom Hagen for his contributions to Erie. Another responds to Mike Kelly's op-ed about Trump's policies. A third expresses hope for the newly elected Pope Leo XIV.

Last Thursday, white smoke emerged from a chimney at the Sistine Chapel, signaling that cardinals had elected a new pope. That's a rare event in itself, but one of the many unprecedented aspects ...

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church. By Motoko Rich Reporting from Rome Just days into the papacy of Leo XIV, the new ...

The Issue: The election of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the next pope of the Catholic Church. We now have an American pope in Robert Francis Prevost (“Chicago pope,” May 9).

The name choice of a new pope carries symbolism for the values he wishes to emulate, in recognition of the most pressing issues he sees as leader of the Catholic Church. For Pope Leo XIV ...

In his first official remarks as pope, Leo XIV delivered a powerful message to the College of Cardinals on Saturday, warning that artificial intelligence (AI) presents serious new risks to human ...

While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis. By Tim Balk When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...