Pope Leo XIV holds his first general audience in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday, issuing an appeal for Gaza, which he calls ...

The Spanish Augustinian Bishop Luis Marín de San Martín is among those who have collaborated most closely with Pope Leo XIV.

CHICAGO (AP) — Survivors of clergy sexual abuse amplified calls Tuesday for a global zero-tolerance policy from the new ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Those who knew Pope Leo XIV as a younger man say his path to the papacy has prepared him well for the challenges ahead.

He is a man formed by his experience in the church of Chicago, especially the south side,’ writes Mark Francis, CSV.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV was born in Chicago and raised in the south suburb of Dolton, where even his old house has become a point of pilgrimage.

Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south suburbs, where he lived in Dolton and attended St. Mary’s parish before becoming Pope Leo XIV.

Image of a grave marker in Chicago for members of the Martinez family, including the new pope’s grandparents.Credit...via Jari C. Honora Robert Francis Prevost, the Chicago-born cardinal ...