When Pope Francis died, questions about his successor were all over the news. Every Catholic waited with bated breath on who the new head of the Catholic Church will be. The names of Asians and ...

A Mankato native who spent most of his journalism career covering the Vatican provided some dope on popes, his review of a ...

Holy father, I dare tell you that all of Mexico congratulates you and is with you,” Aguiar Retes says he told Pope XIV.

Pope Leo XIV Thursday met with members of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors to get an update about their ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich visited the Chicago school that became a viral sensation for holding a mini conclave while the real ...

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White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May ...

Cardinal David, one of the 133 cardinal electors who voted for the new pope, shares a rare glimpse into the Conclave.

The former Cardinal Robert Prevost vowed to work for unity. “I think he will inspire,” said Susan Hanssen, a professor who was born in Chicago and just arrived in Rome to teach.

“The only smoke that worked out in their favor was the cigar smoke they had at their receptions,” said Christopher White, the ...

“Originally, the only hope I had coming here was to see the inside of the Sistine Chapel," he said. "I was glad the conclave was over, because I could get to see the inside of the Sistine Chapel.

Cardinal Robert Prevost of the United States is the new pope, succeeding Pope Francis, and taking the name Pope Leo XIV. He’s been elected following a ...