In the first Ordinary Public Consistory of his pontificate, Pope Leo XIV sets the date for the canonisation of eight Blesseds ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pope and a native of the Windy City, was photographed wearing a Chicago White ...

Fitzgerald, who spent his career in real estate private equity, said American donors — especially the younger generation — ...

When the newly elected Pope Leo XIV stepped out on the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica to greet the crowd, liturgical ...

During his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 11, noted White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV donned a Chicago cap to take a picture with a newly married couple, the groom also sporting a ...

People watch while Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience, May 21, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) The Rev. John Lydon, his fellow Augustinian ...

Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd in St. Peter’s Square before his inauguration ... as if the weight of responsibility of leading the 1.4-billion strong church had just sunk in.

He then went into St. Peter’s Basilica and descended to ... have flown to Rome to attend the Mass that installs Pope Leo as the leader of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics. Mr. Vance and President ...

Pope Leo XIV tours St. Peter's Square in his popemobile at the Vatican prior to the inaugural Mass of his pontificate, May 18, 2025. He called for the world's 1.4 billion Catholics to embrace a ...

Pope Leo XIV, born in Chicago, is the first American pope in history Over 200,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Leo XIV's inaugural Mass, marking the beginning of his papacy as ...

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 ...

John's son - but you shall be called Peter, the rock!" John 1:42 Some Christians deny that the Pope, as successor of St. Peter, has any special authoritative role in the Church founded by Christ.