Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Cardinal Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota who travelled to Rome for the papal conclave, ...

A senior Italian cardinal was very close to becoming the new pope, but another candidate gained strong support at the last ...

COMMENTARY: The Pope has put forward Augustine as his great friend, father and companion on the Way of Christ.

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Chicago native Robert Francis Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — has been welcomed with American capitalism in his home city, with ...

Chicago residents were ecstatic about the first North American pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on Thursday.

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The new American pope's brother apparently is not a big fan of Democrats, and especially former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Bishop Kelly expects the newly elected leader, the first American to hold the position, to carry on the synodal process embraced by his predecessor.

Criminal justice reform has long been one of the most divisive issues between Democrats who control the Illinois General Assembly and the Republican minority.

The Catholic church has elected a new pope, Robert Prevost. He is also the first American to be elevated to the position of ...