White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

Unity was a word often spoken by Catholics around metro Atlanta on a historic Thursday. After white smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel chimney, an American was announced as the 267th pope. Robert ...

Appointed by Francis as prefect of the strategic Dicastery for Bishops, this native of Chicago has supported the Argentine ...

The inauguration Mass on May 18 will be the formal installation ceremony where Pope Leo XIV will receive the Fisherman’s Ring and the pallium as symbols of his papal office. The “taking possession” ...

Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on May 9, the day after stunning the world as the first pope from the United States in the Church's history.

In this reported feature, writer Cierra Black speaks with the Hoodoo consultant of Ryan Coogler 's Sinners, Dr. Yvonne ...

It began not with thunder, but with a curl of white smoke against a bright blue Roman sky. For a brief moment, all sound in ...

Follow live coverage from the Vatican on the second day of conclave as cardinals return to the Sistine Chapel to vote for a ...

In 2026, the United States will mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence — a bold and revolutionary ...

Follow live coverage as Catholic cardinals elect the next Pope in the highly secretive conclave to lead the Vatican following ...

Robert Prevost - now known as Pope Leo XIV - has become the first American pontiff after white smoke finally emerged from the ...

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