According to the proposal, the commemorative plates would ... the deposit of funds towards expenses associated with a Pope Leo XIV statue near the State Capitol building. According to the ...

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.

Chicago held a celebration on Saturday at the home of the White Sox to fully embrace the city’s connection to the new leader ...

One would think lawmakers would have wanted to move quickly on such an accolade with an Illinoisan named the Bishop of Rome.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that just over a month after Pope Leo XIV became the first U.S.-born pontiff, American Catholics are ...

Vatican's proposal On May 18, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after an audience with Pope Leo XIV, announced the Vatican's readiness to serve as a venue for direct negotiations between ...

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

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.