The shy 69-year-old Augustinian missionary has eschewed the headline-grabbing protagonism of past pontiffs in favor of a ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted unanimously Tuesday to purchase the property in hopes it will breathe ...

An explosion at a fireworks warehouse in northern California caused several fires, sending black smoke into the air and ...

While it seems like an eternity ago, if I try hard enough I can almost remember the muted moment as I stood on my high school ...

Pope Leo inspires us here in San Diego to recommit to the critical task of ending homelessness. Not criminalizing it -- ending it.

Pope Leo XIV’s passion for the White Sox was on display once again at Vatican City. When taking in his general audience on Wednesday at St. Peter’s Square, the American-born pontiff was ...

Pope Leo XIV reacts while wearing a White Sox baseball cap as he meets newly wedded couples during the weekly general audience in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on June 11, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV joined in with fans chanting “White Sox” as he greeted visitors to the Vatican. A clip from what appears to be St Peter’s Square shows the Pope waving to supporters as he is ...

Pope Leo XIV, recently chosen to take over for the late Pope Francis, is a Chicago White Sox fan. As is perhaps fitting for the first American pope in history. Fans found him attending a game ...

The Vatican on Wednesday unveiled a fundraising video centred on newly elected Pope Leo, urging the faithful to support his mission amid a serious financial crisis for the Catholic Church.

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.