I want to believe that this gathering symbolizes the need to be that first act for someone.” The vigil speakers, ...

The Chicago-born pontiff—the new spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics and the proprietor in trust of the great art and ...

To many, Pope Leo XIV seemed a different sort of American, a man who served the poor of Peru for decades, who spoke Spanish ...

The officers were fired upon at the scene in Hammond and returned fire, wounding the suspect, who was later pronounced deceased at a hospital.

Vatican Media, via Associated Press Visitors in St. Peter’s Square the day after the election of the new pope, the first to be American-born. Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times Leo giving a ...