On May 6, 2025, schoolchildren at the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Academy in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago held a mock ...

As white smoke billowed from a chimney above St. Peter’s Square and the world learned the name of the new Pope, one man at the March for Life in Canada stood stunned, unable to react. It wasn’t just ...

Traffic was backed up on Route 30 over the Susquehanna River following a crash in Lancaster County. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8 Today. The wreck happened in the eastbound lanes near the ...

Pope Leo XIV was elected as the Catholic Church's 267th leader on Thursday. The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel ...

The end of each round of balloting will be signaled by smoke emanating from a stovepipe chimney atop the Sistine Chapel. Black smoke -- fumata nera in Italian -- indicates an inconclusive vote, while ...

Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected and accepted his fate as the next Bishop of Rome, leader of the world's ...

A historic moment unfolded in Vatican City on Thursday as the first American pope in the history of the Catholic Church was ...

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

He had the good papal housekeeping seal of approval from Pope Francis, his predecessor, who put him in one of the top jobs in ...

The chimney of the Sistine Chapel, used to signal the election of a new pope, was dismantled on Saturday as faithul continued ...

Being here in Rome, being part of something that’s thousands of years old, and seeing a list of every pope since St. Peter — you see this continuous chain, and you just know you’re part of ...