When still a cardinal, the new pope led discussions on key issues facing the church during which “every voice had equal value ...

Pope Leo XIV, elected on Thursday, is the first pope from the Order of St. Augustine (OSA), also known as the Augustinians, ...

Joanne M. Pierce is a professor emerita of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross. Her research interests include ...

Cardinal Rainer Maria Woelki of Cologne speaks about what surprised him about the conclave, praising Pope Leo XIV’s “warmth ...

A new pope brings with him a sense of excitement often mixed with uncertainty. The choice of the College of Cardinals came as ...

After weeks of significant moments in the Catholic Church, one Billings student has found himself at the center of one of the ...

Mark Lambert, Gavin Ashenden and Katherine Bennett share their first impressions and hopes for the future of the Catholic Church under Pope Leo XIV ...

There were 41,206 people inside what then was known as U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago on Oct . 22, 2005, when the White Sox defeated the Houston Astros 5-3 in G ...

The memes, image edits and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago's pizza and more loaded than its hot dog.

The new pope's French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in the Big Easy.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, 69, has been elected the new pope under the papal name Pope Leo XIV, making him the first pope from the U.S.

This intersection of faith and fandom is the kind of bit that only baseball can provide. The new pope is a White Sox fan — ...