Leo’s predecessor, Pope Francis, was a Jesuit who took the name of the founder of the Franciscans. The Jesuit order is widely ...

In the wake of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost becoming Pope Leo XIV — on an Augustinian feast day no less — OSA ...

Pope Leo XIV was often considered different during his childhood. Born Robert Francis Prevost, he was elected as the new pope ...

Birthday celebrant Henry Roxas Ayson (in shaded eyeglasses) with his family, relatives and friends after a Bible fellowship ...

In 1887, during a pilgrimage to Rome, Thérèse Martin — now known around the world as St. Thérèse of Lisieux — visited the ...

When Elder Quentin L. Cook was a young college student, a university professor that he enjoyed quoted that bit of Twain in ...

Or anything,’” she said. NY1 was there that day and captured the moment Pope Francis placed his hand on her head, eyes closed, appearing to pray. The encounter lasted just seconds. But its ...

An Atlanta-based mom and entrepreneur is trying to prevent a woman who was recorded calling a 5-year-old a slur from receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars in fundraising.