As the world continues to learn more about newly elected Pope Leo XIV, one Lafayette priest said he has a personal connection to the pontiff that dates back nearly five decades.

Newly elected American Pope Leo XIV delivered his first Mass Friday inside the Sistine Chapel. The pope spoke in both English ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV, in remarks in 2012 when he was the Augustinian prior general in Chicago, made comments critical of what he called the “homosexual lifestyle” and the role of mass ...

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - Cardinal Robert Prevost, a Chicago native, has made history as the first American ever selected as pope. Now officially known as Pope Leo XIV, his appointment has sparked ...

Tarik Skubal dominated the Texas Rangers for a 2-1 victory. He has a 50-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio across his past six ...

Pope Leo is under scrutiny for how he handled abuse cases as head of the Augustinians. Here’s what we’re learning.

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until the explosive sex-abuse scandal exposed by the Boston Globe in 2002 in the ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A special noontime Mass at St. Louis Cathedral in the French Quarter drew a crowd Thursday as local ...

By Stacy M. Brown Black Press USA Sr Natl Correspondent ...

The Great Pope Fight of 2025 continued between the White Sox and Cubs over Pope Leo XIV’s favorite Chicago baseball team.

“The former St. Mary of the Assumption building is unique for its connection to the youth of the first American pope, but it ...

It was initially reported that the new pope was a Cubs fan, but his brother corrected the record in an interview with WGN-TV.