Illinois lawmakers have passed a $55.2 billion budget for the new fiscal year, including increased taxes on tobacco products and sports betting.

When someone accepts election as pontiff, there undergoes a change in that individual, not only in life purpose in leading ...

For the past seven years, Ethiopia has been committed to strengthening its bilateral and multilateral ties with the global ...

Religious scholars and political pundits are asking if (and how far) the new Pope Leo XIV will advance the Church, and ...

Francis tenaciously clung to the challenging words of the gospel, which were the lens through which he viewed the world. We ...

Born Robert Francis Prevost and raised in Chicago, he is the first American to ascend to the papacy. He is a product of an ...

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Caritas Internationalis joined forces this week to ...

Following St. Augustine, it appears Leo does not see unity as everyone singing the same note but rather as a choir singing in ...

In a passionate address, Pope Leo XIV calls for immediate ceasefires in both Gaza and Ukraine, highlighting the humanitarian ...

COMMENTARY: In a blunt address to diplomats, the new Pope defends the dignity of life, the family and the most vulnerable — ...

In his first speech from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica on May 8, Leo said the cardinals chose him “to be the successor ...

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." ...