Criminal justice reform has long been one of the most divisive issues between Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly and the Republican minority.

Trump did win the Catholic vote in the 2024 election - he received 56 percent of it over the 41 percent given to Kamala Harris, according to the Catholic Herald. Some 53 million U.S. adults are ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff, has identified artificial intelligence as central to the Church's future ...

The Catholic church has elected a new pope, Robert Prevost. He is also the first American to be elevated to the position of ...

Pope Leo XIV has hands-on experience of navigating the Amazon. Many Catholics have said they believe Prevost’s experience as ...

Pope Leo XIV called for a genuine and just peace in Ukraine and an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, in his first Sunday noon ...

A new initiative will necessitate that the Trump administration makes difficult judgment calls about the faith.

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago became Pope Leo XIV May 8, 2025. First US pope graduated from Villanova University, mere miles from Wharton School.

Pope Leo XIV held his first public audience with members of the media, saying the church stood in solidarity with them for "seeking the truth." ...

For the first time in the history of these two preeminent institutions, their chosen leaders share the same nationality.

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Pope Leo was born in the United States, but for his adopted nation of Peru, he is a “Chiclayano” – a son of the bustling northern Peruvian city where everyone seems to have a story about him.