Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) celebrated the Thursday selection of Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago native formerly known as ...

A Pennsylvania man has been arrested in connection with an explosive device that was ignited at a church earlier this week ...

Chicago native Robert Prevost has been elected pope, becoming the first U.S.-born pontiff in a historic move that defies ...

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday began the secretive, centuries-old ritual to elect a successor to Pope Francis, opening the most ...

The display acts as a tribute and also a signal that the Catholic Church, and the culture and businesses that surround it, ...

The new pope, Chicago-born Robert Prevost, has taken the name Pope Leo XIV. White smoke emerged from the Sistine Chapel on ...

The late Pope Francis opened the way for women in the Roman Catholic Church to serve as readers and altar servers, and to ...

Pope Leo XIV, born Robert Prevost in Chicago, became the first American pope in 2025. He began his religious life at St. Mary ...

The smoke signal means the winner secured at least 89 votes of the 133 cardinals participating in the conclave to elect a ...