Pope Leo XIV turns 70 on Sept. 14 and some of his closest friends in the Chicago-area will mark the day with him in mind, ...

Pope Leo XIV paid a private visit to the Shrine of Our Lady of Grace of Mentorella, high in the Monti Prenestini mountain ...

The head of the Italian Bishops’ Conference took turns with dozens of other members of his diocese reading the names and ages ...

In October 1968, a top story in the National Catholic Reporter was the trial and conviction of the Catonsville Nine. Revisit ...

Leo XIV begins his papacy with a historic opportunity to close the growing gap between what the church teaches about sex and gender, and the lived experiences and values of a majority of U.S.