Pope Leo XIV vowed to take “every effort” Wednesday to work for peace in the West Asia and Ukraine and to actively promote the spirituality and traditions of the eastern rite churches, those Catholic ...

In a history-making moment for the Catholic Church, Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of Chicago was elected pope last Thursday ...

Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of journalists imprisoned for seeking to report the truth, reaffirming the Church’s ...

"This right here is bringing us peace. We're having prayer. People are coming by having prayer. The community is talking." ...

Vice President Vance will lead the U.S. delegation to the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City on Sunday, his ...

In the White House on Thursday announcing their attendance, officials said second lady Usha Vance will also attend the event in Rome. The mass is similar to a monarch's coronation. Leo is the Catholic ...

Newly installed Archbishop of Omaha Michael McGovern met with diocese leaders and led Mass of Thanksgiving for Pope Leo XIV at Fremont's St. Patrick Catholic Church.

Three boys were baptized in March 2014 in a Niles Catholic church by a visiting priest from Chicago who would go on to be named Pope Leo XIV, ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, born in Chicago, has been elected Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first American to lead ...

The new pontiff spoke to NBC News anchor Lester Holt, who was part of a news conference for some 6,000 journalists from ...

Despite losing 1,200 churches, America has gained 2.9 million Catholics since 2010, according to an NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Religion Census.