Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

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At Villanova, the future Pope Leo XIV had a front-row seat to significant social change. Plus, Pa. Democratic justices are ...

The more I have learned about Robert Prevost, the more I am reminded of what people in Chicago neighborhoods call a “reg’lar ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost's election as Pope Leo XIV marks a historic moment as the first American to lead the Catholic ...

The split has grown wider in recent years as a growing segment of conservative Catholics becomes increasingly vocal and assertive. Pope Francis saw his popularity decline in the US over time as the ...

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"It's not like he came out and was like, 'Hey, I'm Pope Leo XIV, he/him,'" Colin Jost jokes of the Chicago native ...

"JD Vance is wrong," the future-pope wrote on Feb. 3, echoing the title of the op-ed in the National Catholic Reporter.

Though Leo XIV is from Chicago, his election to the papacy reflects the move of Christianity toward the Global South.