When I heard Robert Francis Prevost was elected the new pope and that he was raised in my hometown of Chicago, I cheered ...

Ball and the rides were fun, but not as much as winning prizes on the big wheel at Lucky Leo’s. I won my first baseball glove ...

The most pressing sports question for many locals inside the Vatican and surrounding Italy concerning the first American pope ...

In the 10 years since Pope Francis released Laudato Si', dioceses across the United States have responded to varying degrees ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Pope Francis' passion for soccer was evident throughout his pontificate. A lifelong supporter of Argentine club San Lorenzo ... his compatriots Diego Maradona and ...

In an interview with America's Gerard O'Connell, Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington said that Pope Leo XIV would "carry forward" the legacy of Pope Francis' pontificate "in its essential elements." ...

Pope Leo XIV appoints Bishop Michael Pham to lead San Diego diocese, marking his first American bishop appointment.

In January, the Vatican announced that the diocese’s longtime leader, Robert McElroy, was moving to Washington, D.C. McElroy ...

(RNS) — In his first United States episcopal appointment, Pope Leo XIV named Michael Pham bishop of San Diego on Thursday ...

Pope Leo XIV appointed Auxiliary Bishop Michael Pham as the new bishop of San Diego, making him the first Vietnamese-American ...

Picked to lead the San Diego Diocese, Michael Pham is Pope Leo XIV's first appointment of a bishop in the United States. Pham ...

The Diocese of San Diego is comprised of 8,852 square miles and has a total population of 3,454,921 -- 1,381,968 of which ...