The Rev. Richard J. McGrath was a longtime leader of Providence Catholic High School, run by the Augustinians, whose Midwest ...

The first occasion was in the year 800 when Leo III placed a crown on his head and proclaimed him emperor of a reborn Roman ...

The election of the first US pope is a godsend to businesses in Rome, as big-spending pilgrims flocking to the Vatican are ...

The pope’s surprise Chicago roots are fueling hopes for economic revival in Dolton and the South Suburbs through tourism and new development.

In one of Chicago’s south suburbs, while other boys were playing cops and robbers, the future Pope Leo XIV would pretend to hold Mass in the basement of his family’s small brick home, reading from ...

There’s something awry in my head that zigs when everybody else zags. I can’t explain it and can’t stop it. I’m weird.

Nothing compares to the pageantry of a papal election, not the coronation of a British monarch, a presidential inauguration ...

Before becoming Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost presided over one of the most revolutionary reforms of Pope Francis’ ...

This Cubs team very much appears to be a connected group with staying power, in a place where any sense of momentum can ...

St. Matthew Catholic Church in Flint has been around for years, becoming a common sight for those in the city, but a piece of its history is now anything but common.

Xavier Junior Faviana Azalde Castro was confirmed by Pope Leo XIV when he was the arch bishop of Chicaylo, Peru.

Peruvians have celebrated the election of a man many knew as a missionary and bishop during his 2 decades of service in the ...