Although some feel Francis could have done more for their people during his 12 years as pontiff, Indigenous Catholics widely ...

After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every ...

His career in the church, and his rise through its institutions, has only one major drawback, and it is a familiar one.

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

Robert Francis Prevost was elected the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church on Thursday, becoming the first pope from the ...

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

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

Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops ...

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

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

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

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