Some Catholics in Chicago still hope the new pope will signal greater acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community — with time.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV affirmed Friday that the family is founded on the “stable union between a man and a woman,” ...

If the law requiring clergy to report abuse were in place years ago, the epidemic of child sexual abuse could have been ...

Pope Leo XIV has offered to host a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine at the Vatican, while Cardinal Pietro Parolin called ...

Democrat state Senator Noel Frame sponsored a bill requiring priests to report any alleged child abuse they hear about during ...

Pope Leo XIV's brother, John Prevost, is back in Illinois after a whirlwind trip to the Vatican to see his brother, the pope.

One Erie bishop met the new pope almost a decade ago in Rome. Another bishop with local ties is going to Pope Leo XIV's ...

Rolwing's calling comes as the Catholic Church in the U.S. faces a serious priest shortage. Between 1970 and 2024, the number of priests fell by more than 40%, from 59,192 to 33,589, according to ...

Pope Leo’s childhood church, St. Mary of the Assumption on Chicago’s south side, is in a state of disrepair and in danger of ...

It strikes me as strange that our society strives to mold the Catholic Church in its image – centuries of tradition and deeply held beliefs be damned.

The Catholic Church wants to reach out and embrace all people who need and yearn for truth, justice and peace, Pope Leo XIV ...

When Louis Prevost’s younger brother, Robert, became an overnight sensation — named the first American to lead the Catholic ...