The Times discovered that the Chicago native is related to Pierre and Justin Trudeau, Angelina Jolie, Hillary Clinton, Justin Bieber, Jack Kerouac and Madonna.

Though 1 in 5 Americans identify as Catholic, a Pew report shows nearly half have a personal connection to the faith.

There’s a growing schism in the first American pope’s hometown. At stake is his childhood home. An auction for the house ...

Get used to it: The blow for blow, tit for tat is an example of the extent that politics has permeated every level of ...

Israel’s ambassador to the Holy See has defended the country’s new military offensive in Iran as a service to peace and ...

As soon as Robert Prevost was elevated to pope in May, Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and the team he works with for PBS's Finding Your Roots began digging into the pope's family history.

Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. takes a deep dive into the pope's past in New York Times Magazine piece.

"Humanity is greatly diminished whenever the unborn, or the undocumented, the unemployed, the unhealthy are excluded," ...

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung departed for Canada on Monday to attend the Group of Seven summit, his first overseas ...

While there’s plenty of room for views to shift as Pope Leo’s agenda becomes clear, people are watching how the first ...

Supporters of Pope Leo XIV gathered Saturday, not in a cathedral or a church, but a baseball stadium the pope once frequented ...

He used his computing skills to spread awareness of the Catholic faith, creating a website documenting miracle reports.