(RNS) — The Holy Spirit surprised us Thursday (May 8) by electing Robert Prevost, an Illinois native who is also a citizen of ...

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Prevost joined a Catholic religious order at the age of 20: the Order of St. Augustine, called Augustinians, founded in the 13th century. Instead of withdrawing from the ...

The Bay State is putting out a call to artists and historians to create a new state seal, flag, and motto so that every ...

Prelates who voted in the conclave played down the new pope’s American roots. In his first Mass as pontiff, Leo pledged to ...

Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, who had attended the funeral of Pope Francis as part of the ...