The Catholic leaders of Leo’s hometown hold out hope that the new pope can help turn around ailing finances and a shortage of ...

A celebration of the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope born in the United States and Chicago, will be held at Rate Field in June. Tickets are now on sale on June 14 event at ...

The June 14 event will include a "special video message" from Pope Leo, a White Sox fan and the first pope from the United ...

Former members of a now-suppressed, scandal-plagued Peruvian lay group and peasants who claim to have been routinely harassed ...

This administration pretends it is for families. Yet the Republican Congress is moving to make massive cuts to Medicaid.

Margaret Karram, president of the Rome-based Focolare movement, visited the United States to discuss current issues in ...

The previous Pope Leo emphasized the Catholic Church's responsibility to care for the poor and support workers' rights.

Ending capital punishment has become a bipartisan issue in Pennsylvania at a time when more and more people realize the ...

Fye The Catholic Messenger Leading up to the convocation to elect a new pope, Bishop Dennis Walsh thought ...Read More ...

For those (arch)dioceses that do not mark today as the Ascension, the liturgical calendar allows celebration of the optional ...

Since news of the new pope, Robert Prevost, who assumed the name Leo XIV, hit the wires, he has been universally celebrated as being an American from Chicago.

Even before he was appointed to a position at the Vatican in 2023, Pope Leo XIV spent most of his time away from his home ...