VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

SAN ANTONIO — The election of Pope Leo XIV ignited celebrations across the globe and the excitement was palpable at St. John Bosco Catholic School ... new grandpa of the church." ...

The Archdiocese of San Antonio planned a 5 p.m. news conference and a 7 p.m. Mass — both at San Fernando Cathedral — to ...

Texas Catholic leaders react as the first American Pope, Pope Leo XIV, is selected to lead the 1.4 billion Catholics in the world. Here's what they said.

San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller made a prediction based on his personal experience: the new pope will continue Pope Francis' legacy and promote peace through social justice. Cardinal ...

Pope Leo XIV is a name which “reflects his reading of the signs of the times,” said Archbishop of San Antonio Gustavo ...

a professor of theology at St. Louis University, said. “I imagine the cardinal from Australia might have never met a lot of the other people there, and so they get to know one another a little bit.” ...

Job description: Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location ... the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the centuries-long Italian hold on the ...

The election of the first American pope has stirred emotions and hope among the faithful in San Antonio. At San Fernando ...

The introduction of a new pope Thursday morning – particularly one born in the United States – was a big moment for Catholics ...