The Chicago-born pope has dual citizenship in the U.S. and Peru, where he was a missionary and a bishop. | Opinion ...

Indeed, the first Pope Leo — known as Leo the Great — served 440-461. He is best known as the pope who persuaded Attila the ...

Pope Leo XIV has been known as the “Latin Yankee” in Rome for the decades he worked in Peru, ministering to the dispossessed ...

For Vatican experts, the election of American Robert Francis Prevost Martinez as the new pope sends clear political and symbolic signals both within and outside the Catholic world ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Acclaimed opera tenor Arturo Chacón-Cruz will perform “God Bless America” during pre-race ceremonies for the Indianapolis 500.

An exuberant album by the veteran recording artist and his wife seeks to steward the centuries-old tradition of coritos.

Leaders called the decision from the conclave “a powerful moment for the Catholic Church — and for American Catholics.” ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected as Pope Leo XIV, making history as the first U.S. pontiff. Faith leaders nationwide shared prayers for his leadership of the Catholic Church.

For Miami, known as the gateway to Latin America, the choice of a new multi-lingual, American-born pope who ... Dominion over nature’—the task which God gave humanity—should not become ...

Francis, who was a migrant himself having been born in Argentina, was the world’s first Latin American pope ... adding that God “loves us all, unconditionally.” “Peace be with you ...

Queens elected officials are proudly celebrating the appointment of the first-ever American Pope, Cardinal Robert Francis ...

But I dare say he’s got a Latin American heart,” the Rev. Hernán ... “Pope Francis has spoken of four types of closeness: closeness to God, to brother bishops, to priests and to all God ...