An Illinois state lawmaker has proposed creating a commemorative license plate honoring Pope Leo XIV, in order to help pay for a statue of the Chicago-born pontiff at the state capitol in Springfield.

By then, Considine had become head of the U.S. bishops’ Latin America Bureau. He worked with the onetime Catholic priest and ...

You are the promise of hope for so many of us,” the pope told young people attending the “Chicago Celebrates Pope Leo XIV” ...

Through a distant maternal ancestor, who was born in the 1590s, Pope Leo is ninth cousins, various times removed, with some ...

Pope Leo XIV has made waves with some of his fashion choices, returning to much of the traditional pomp of popes past.

In his first words directed specifically to Americans, Pope Leo XIV told young people on Saturday how to find hope and ...

The pope urged Catholic faithful to be a "light of hope," to serve others, and to make the world a better place.

has stepped in to buy the modest house where Pope Leo XIV spent some of his childhood ... Mr. Radzik, 36, bought the home in 2024 for $66,000 with a plan to renovate and flip it.