The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that ...

L.A. Archbishop José Gómez congratulated Pope Leo at Mass and said his prayer for Thursday was a prayer of joy.

In his first words as Pope Francis’ successor, uttered from the loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica, Leo said, “Peace be with you ... history’s first Latin American pope, clearly had ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...

Native American ... medicine bags to give to the dancers who participate in the MMIW Red Dress special. The bags consisted a mix of herbs intended for healing and peace — lavender, sage, cedar ...

What will Pope Leo XIV do? Will he continue the policies of Pope Francis or take the Catholic church in another direction?

As the mood for Catholics worldwide shifted to high excitement Thursday, the bells of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi reverberated across downtown Santa Fe in honor of Pope Leo XIV.

The first American pope never addressed ... preserved for a long time and ensure peace to the church throughout the world." A longtime Vatican insider and native of Chicago, Prevost's election ...

Faith leaders across the world, including here in Cincinnati, are celebrating the election of a new pope. Robert Prevost, a ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the ...