Heather Schmit-Jaroch and Dominic Jaroch; ALBERTO PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty The news of Pope Leo XIV's election hit one suburban Chicago couple a bit differently. Why? Because he married them over a ...

Heather Schmit-Jaroch and Dominic Jaroch with Pope Leo XIV in 2014; Pope Leo XIV after his election ...

Over a decade ago, when Pope Leo XIV was still just a priest named Robert Prevost, he married local Chicago couple Heather Schmit-Jaroch and Dominic Jaroch As a favor to Heather’s late father ...

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A marriage certificate from the Louisiana State Archives shows Leo's maternal grandparents — Joseph N. Martinez and Louise Baquie — married in New Orleans on Sept. 17, 1887. Historians say the ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV laid out the vision of his papacy Saturday, identifying artificial intelligence as one of the most critical matters facing humanity and vowing to continue ...

While President Trump welcomed the U.S.-born cardinal as the new pope, top Trump allies criticized Leo XIV for his similarities to Pope Francis. By Tim Balk When Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost ...

Pope Leo XIV met with the College of Cardinals on Saturday morning for his first official address since his election, outlining key priorities for his pontificate in the age of artificial ...

Pope Leo signals he will press ahead with Francis' agenda Leo asks world's cardinals to commit to Church reforms Pope says Church should take lead against AI Cardinal says Vatican-China deal also ...

Pope Leo XIV’s maternal grandparents were black or mixed and of Creole descent, moving from New Orleans to Chicago at the turn of the 20th century, reports said Friday. “The family were free ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as leader of the Catholic Church in the Sistine Chapel, a day after he was elected the first American pontiff by the papal conclave. Robert Prevost ...