The event was emceed by Chicago Bulls announcer Chuck Swirsky and featured speeches from those who know the pope personally, including Sister Dianne Bergent, Father John Merkelis and Cardinal Blase ...

Michael Pham is the first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV. And in another first, Pham is the first person of Vietnamese descent to be made a diocesan bishop in the U.S.

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, pope delivers a message of hope via giant screen at the home stadium ...

A US bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV has instructed a group of priests and deacons in his district to accompany migrants to court, according to a Newsweek report. Appointed as Bishop of San Diego, ...

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," ...

Henry Louis Gates Jr., best known for helping people and celebrities uncover ancestral connections on his long-running PBS series “Finding Your Roots,” has made headlines again with a viral family ...

Pope Leo addresses hometown Chicago crowd and encourages them to make a difference in the world - Pope Leo XIV was elected in May ...

There's a mural of Pope Leo XIV at the White Sox's park, near where he sat for Game 1 of the 2005 World Series. Yeah, the Chicago native once known as Father Bob is a fan.

Explore the fascinating connection between the new Pope Leo XIV, his Creole heritage, and the racial struggle in the US.

Leo met in St. Peter’s Basilica with about 400 bishops and cardinals from 38 countries attending this week’s special Holy ...

On the back wall of Dolores Mission Church in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles hangs a painting that depicts ... What's giving them hope is a document approved last year, under Pope ...