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

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

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

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

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

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

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As the papal conclave gets underway with the regalia of the Roman Catholic Church on full display at the Vatican, we take a ...

They then fold the ballot, hold it up for visibility and carry it to the altar, where a chalice covered by a plate awaits.

As 133 cardinals sequestered in the Sistine Chapel to select a new pope May 7, nearly 4,500 miles away another conclave ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter’s Basilica ...