Vice President JD Vance gifted Pope Leo XIV a Chicago Bears jersey as they met at the Vatican, amid a push by the White House ...

U.S. Vice President JD Vance has extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the ...

Tens of thousands of people are streaming into St. Peter's Square for the formal installation service of history's first ...

Pope Leo XIV held his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, May 18, 2025, drawing world leaders to Rome for the second time in less than a month.Elected after the Easter Monday death of Pope ...

U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney are in Rome is traveling to the Vatican to attend the inaugural Mass of ...

Chicago Cardinal says when Pope Leo XIV is ready to travel to the United States, he will push for a Chicago stop.

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who ...

"We are simply overjoyed," said Sister Barbara Reid, president of Catholic Theological Union in Hyde Park, where Pope Leo ...

The Vatican makes it official in a matter of hours as Pope Leo XIV’s installation Mass is set for Sunday morning in Rome.

VATICAN CITY — Jewish leaders got up-front seats at Pope Leo XIV’s inauguration Mass. An American rabbi there and other ...

Chicagoans in Rome this weekend who knew the former Robert Prevost during his religious studies on the South Side and work in ...

As many as 150,000 people turned out in the Vatican Sunday for Pope Leo XIV's installation mass, and many Chicagoans made the journey to Rome to represent their hometown pope. For a select few, the ...