The Pope loves his peeps. Pope Leo XIV was riding through St. Peter’s Square gracing gatherers with his presence, when he got an unexpected present — a giant Peep doll — and the sweet clip went viral.

NEW YORK (WABC) -- In a restructuring of the leadership of the American Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, as the next archbishop of ...

SMOOT FAMILY. AND JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS. AND TURNING NOW TO OUR WEATHER, I’M JOINED BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST LANIE POPE AND LAINEY. THE WAY IT’S LOOKING, ANYONE HOPING FOR A WHITE CHRISTMAS WILL BE ...

Pope Leo XIV said Tuesday he was "very disappointed" after his home state of Illinois approved a law allowing medically assisted suicide. Leo, who grew up in Chicago, said he had spoken "explicitly" ...

THAT IS HER GIRL. I DON’T KNOW A BIGGER FAN HERE. WELL, MAYBE MORGAN, WE MIGHT BE TIED. YEAH, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE’VE GOT A GREAT WEATHER OUT THERE. A LOT OF FANS OF THAT WITH TEMPERATURES THAT ARE IN ...

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Former Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., announced Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with "metastasized, stage-four pancreatic cancer," writing in an X post that the diagnosis is "a death sentence." "Last week ...

Pope Leo XIV appealed to Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to veto a bill legalizing assisted suicide during a Vatican meeting last month, the pope told reporters Tuesday. The pope, responding to a question ...

Pope Leo XIV has announced a pro-immigration pastor as bishop of Palm Beach, Florida, which is home to President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago. On Friday, Pope Leo named Rev. Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, ...

Mr. Sasse, a former senator from Nebraska, announced that he had received a diagnosis last week for Stage 4 pancreatic cancer. By Adeel Hassan Charles Homans and Stephanie Saul Ben Sasse, a Republican ...

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Pope Leo's US bishop appointees criticize Trump on immigration 10 of Leo's 13 appointments call for better care of migrants Cardinal tells Reuters immigrant care now a pro-life teaching New bishops ...