“We’re a throwback to an older model that sees serious engagement with the great debates of the Western tradition as the best possible preparation for leadership,” said Antonio Sosa, a professor at UT ...

Robert Francis Prevost, who on Thursday became the first American elected Pope, has Creole of color roots in New Orleans, ...

The 69-year-old Chicago native, known for being reserved and private, brings a different style to the papacy compared to his ...

Both brothers were thrilled for their youngest sibling. They believe he will be a wonderful pope and are cheering for his ...

Pope Leo XIV is celebrating his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church while congratulatory messages poured in for ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Prior to being elected pontiff, Pope Leo XIV had a presence on Twitter, and later X, where he sometimes shared messages that ...

Speaking about how the new pope, 69, prepped ahead of the voting sessions in the Sistine Chapel, John revealed that his ...

The Catholic Church has a new supreme pontiff—and he’s from the South Side of Chicago. These are words that no reporter alive today ever really expected to be writing. Until very recently, the ...

When news broke Thursday about Robert Prevost's election as the first American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV, the mood throughout ...

Robert Prevost, who took the name Pope Leo XIV, is leading his first Mass. The former Augustinian leader is the first ...