Pope Leo XIV Robert Prevost was elected the first American pope in the Church's 2,000-year history on May 8, 2025. The 69-year-old member of the Augustinian religious order chose the papal name ...

Leo has made other changes, too At his inaugural Mass on May 18, 2025, Pope Leo XIV reached out his arm to sprinkle holy water and revealed a shirt with cufflinks, which Francis had largely avoided.

Pope Leo XIV put his baseball fandom on full display Wednesday. He wore a White Sox hat as he arrived at the Vatican for his weekly general audience. Leo, a Chicago native previously known as ...

Switzerland's Office of the Attorney General (AG) has imposed a fine on Pictet Bank for organisational shortcomings that facilitated money laundering. In a statement, the office said: “Pictet ...

Pope Leo XIV sent a letter to Vatican officials and tech leaders at the Holy See’s conference on AI this week. Leo has made AI a priority of his papacy and has advocated for an “ethical ...

Pope Leo XIV brought his White Sox fandom to the Vatican on Wednesday. While holding a general audience in St. Peter’s Square, the Chicago-bred pontiff was photographed wearing a black White Sox ...

ZURICH (Reuters) -The Swiss Attorney General's Office has handed a former wealth manager at Pictet Bank a six-month suspended prison sentence and fined the private bank for money laundering in a ...

Leo, the recently announced new head of the Catholic Church and a Chicago native, will be appearing in his hometown Saturday on a video screen. And at his favorite team’s ballpark: Rate Field ...

Pope Leo XIV will be celebrated June 14 at the Chicago stadium of the White Sox with a day of prayer as President Trump's military parade storms through Washington, D.C. as anti-Trump "No Kings ...

Leo’s stance on AI is similar to that of his predecessor, Pope Francis, who warned in 2024 that our societies were experiencing a loss “of the sense of what is human.” ...

An mural of Pope Leo XIV is seen on June 5, 2025, at Rate Field above the seat where he sat in Section 140 during Game 1 of the Chicago White Sox 2005 World Series. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune) ...