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, a 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 ...

Vatican City — White smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel and the great bells of St. Peter's Basilica tolled ...

Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican's powerful office of bishops, was ...

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

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

With all the pomp, drama and solemnity that the Catholic Church can muster, 133 cardinals on Wednesday begin the secretive, ...

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

Over 130 voting cardinals must decide whether to continue in the direction of Francis or elect a pope likely to choose a more traditional path.