Long Islanders were among those who packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when Pope Leo was elected the first American ...

More than 200 cardinals filed into St. Peter's Basilica for to celebrate Mass before the meet to elect the next pope to ...

The Chicago-born missionary took the name Leo XIV. In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, he emphasized peace, ...

In January, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced that Father Matthew Foley was accused of sexual abuse against a minor while he was assigned to St. Agnes Parish in Lawndale approximately 30 years ago.

“Pope Francis will go down in history as “the pope of the marginalized,” said Father Michael Orsi, of Naples, retired from St. Agnes Catholic Church and well known in the community.