Chicago Tribune photographer Brian Cassella captures the scene as Pope Leo XIV is installed in Vatican City. Global dignitaries and faith leaders from around the world gathered in Vatican City on ...

After Pope Leo XIV was announced as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, his past and present were mangled and fabricated ...

In the early modern period, it was not rare for the ruler to claim the divine right to rule and to proclaim himself above the ...

Louis XIV, the so-called “Sun King,” had no shortage of mistresses…but none were as fascinating, or as scandalous, as the one known as Madame de Montespan.

Tens of thousands came to St. Peter’s Square to mark the official start of the pontificate of the first American to lead the ...

Among the powerful figures in the crowd? King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain, Queen Mathilde and King Philippe of ...

Pope Leo XIV vowed Sunday to work for unity in a polarized Catholic Church and world, as history’s first American pope ...

Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass at St. Peter’s Square is an ancient ritual filled with symbolism that connects back to Peter, ...

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended Pope Francis’s inaugural mass—though, then they were known as Crown Prince ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff for the Roman Catholic Church, will celebrate his inaugural mass on Sunday, ...