But as he steps into the papacy, many around Chicagoland are watching to see who this native son will be as Leo XIV, non-Catholics as much as his fellow religionists, not least Chicago’s Muslims.  ...

A seasonal nativity scene at the Vatican has been removed after backlash over its depiction of the baby Jesus lying on a keffiyeh, the traditional scarf used by Palestinians as a national symbol ...

Every year, Patin displays the nativity in his living room and invites friends and collectors to take a look. And every year, as figures are purchased, the more crowded the scene gets. But that ...

One of the greatest challenges facing Pope Leo XIV is financial. He has inherited the Holy See’s chronic, 50 million to 60 ...

He has already offered the Vatican as a venue to hold diplomatic ... from locally made olive-wood nativity scenes and gold crosses to votive candles and sanctuary lamps, said he hopes Leo will ...

One of the very best early episodes of The Simpsons, Season Two’s “Bart the Daredevil,” featured a touching storyline in which Homer risks his own life in order to protect his son from ...

Controversy in a North Carolina diocese has ... the proposed norms are called for by Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second Vatican Council’s pastoral constitution on the liturgy, a perspective ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Leo XIV made plenty of enemies helping dismantle a powerful Catholic movement whose leaders physically, sexually, spiritually and psychologically abused members. As Leo's ...