Father Brian O’Brien of Holy Family Cathedral shared his emotional reaction to the election of Pope Leo XIV—the first ...

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...

Cascia Hall Preparatory School had its school day happily disrupted Thursday by the stunning news that its former governing ...

Southland Catholics and elected leaders Thursday hailed the selection of Chicago native Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as the new pope, becoming the first American to ever hold the position. Prevost ...

“I couldn’t resist putting my headphones and just listening and that way being part of this very joyful moment,” she said ...

The election of a first North American pontiff came after the death of the first Latin American pope and signaled a ...

Robert F. Prevost, 69, was a longshot selection with extensive missionary experience in Peru and an approach similar to Pope ...

Massachusetts residents expressed shock that American-born Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church. What they said after his selection ...

Of the small handful of papal contenders, an even smaller subset tends flocks in countries at war. Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, is among them.