Father Thomas Hennen, vicar general of the Diocese of Davenport, Iowa, has been appointed Bishop of Baker, Oregon.

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop Liam S. Cary, who has headed the diocese since 2012, and named as his ...

Bishop-designate Hennen has served in several parishes in the Diocese of Davenport before his July 10 appointment.

England were left sweating after their talismanic captain Ben Stokes suffered a worrying groin injury while batting late on ...

Occasionally they remember to call him by his new name, Pope Leo XIV, but it’s unfamiliar to their tongue. One of the guests ...

Dennis Pope has covered local sports for The Press-Enterprise, The San Bernardino Sun and the Southern California Newspaper Group since 1998. A husband and father of three, Pope's influence on the ...

The jokes write themselves — about “da pope,” about imposing deep-dish pizza on the Italian peninsula by papal edict, about Leo’s election having been prophesied in 2006 by Dennis Green ...

By Lindsay Steele The Catholic Messenger Utter Just hours after watching her longtime friend “Father Bob” make his first public appearance as Pope Leo XIV on May 8, Chicago-based speaker and educator ...

Denise Utter of New Lenox, a longtime friend of Pope Leo XIV, reflects on the momentous day after the papal inauguration Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Francis Prevost, was elected 267th pontiff by the College of Cardinals during a papal conclave on May 8, 2025. His predecessor, Pope Francis, created him a cardinal in 2023.

New pope chose his name based on AI’s threats to “human dignity” Pope Leo XIV warns AI could threaten workers as industrial revolution did in the 1800s.

The papacy is a global platform, so the issues Pope Leo chooses to focus on can resonate far beyond the church.