For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

Officials in Dolton, Ill., called the purchase a rare opportunity. But some residents questioned whether the village, ...

Pope Leo XIV’s hometown is poised to acquire his childhood home. Board members in suburban Dolton outside Chicago voted ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost made history by becoming the first pope from the United States — a stunning decision that Chicagoans ...

Mark Pope‘s first order of business with Kentucky‘s new roster in 2025-26 was to give back and show the players it means more ...

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops took a firm but mixed approach to the bill, while other Catholic leaders signed an ...

President Trump campaigned on aggressive immigration tactics, and polls before his inauguration captured broad support among ...

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops took a firm but mixed approach to the bill, while other Catholic leaders signed an ...

A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling 10 years ago this month, on June 26, 2015, legalized same-sex marriage across the U.S.

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