"We rejoice as the Catholic Church has announced a successor to St. Peter ... Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of the Archdiocese of San Antonio did not release ...

SAN ANTONIO — White smoke ... second day of a centuries-old tradition of choosing a new leader of the Catholic Church in the papal conclave. The Chicago native is also a Peruvian citizen ...

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said ... the most important jobs in the Catholic Church. Earlier this year, Francis ...

Otherwise, hot and humid in San Antonio ... That Leo softened the church’s confrontational stance toward modernity, especially science and politics and laid the foundation for modern Catholic ...

San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo ... He took the name Leo XIV and became the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church. Pope Francis died the day after Easter at age 88 due to a stroke that put ...

He explains, the last Pope Leo became the head of the church in 1878 and is considered ... society," says Donald Puente, a Catholic visiting from San Antonio, TX. Bishop Fabre is also encouraged ...

Pope Leo XIV delivered this homily at the Mass for the Initiation of the Petrine Ministry on Sunday, May 18, after being elected the 266th successor of St. Peter on May 8. The Catholic Church’s ...

Pope Leo XIV's record handling sex abuse cases while he was an Augustinian superior and bishop in Peru has come under renewed scrutiny since his election May 8.

Honora and others in the Black and Creole Catholic communities say the election of Leo — a Chicago native ... Black congregation at St. Peter Claver Church in New Orleans, said he sees the ...

"In Rome earlier this morning, Pope Leo ... a Catholic Church, we're one big community," said Keith McLellan, who is visiting Chicago from Texas. McLellan traveled all the way from San Antonio ...