The man arrested on suspicion of the murder of Annie McCarrick in 1993 has been released from Garda custody without charge.

Chicago’s elation over the hometown boy’s election led to a huge party for the first U.S. pope, who will begin to chart his ...

According to Gates Jr., Pope Leo is also related to Boucher de Grandpre, who fought against the British during the ...

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 ...

Noblemen, enslaved people, freedom fighters, slaveowners: what the complex family tree of the first American pontiff reveals.

Harvard University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

Pope Leo XIV expressed “great concern” on June 14 as the conflict between Israel and Iran deteriorated seriously following ...

The first U.S. bishop appointed by Pope Leo XIV has called for priests, deacons and parish leaders to accompany migrants to ...

The afternoon event, which stretched nearly three hours, marked the new pope's first message to North America, and it was designed to both celebrate his roots in the Chicago area and to speak directly ...

Chicago will honor its hometown pope, Leo XIV, with a public celebration on Saturday at Rate Field, home of the White Sox.

After the white smoke cleared, Brown papal historian David Kertzer reflected on the significance of an American pope, how the ...