We cut the festivities short so the kids could go to classrooms and watch the live coverage,” said Rob LePage, dean of ...

"Usually Catholics from the United States never, ever get to be pope, so that was kind of a shock and surprise and actually ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has been elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

White smoke is pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, signaling that a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church.

The white smoke came out of the chimney on the fifth ballot on March 13, 2013, and Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ...

Learn more. FARMINGTON — Franklin County Chamber of Commerce is bringing back it’s Home & Leisure Showcase on April 26 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Mt. Blue High School. The showcase is free and ...

So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to higher-than-expected ...

And I think I saw Pope Francis, especially now in my years in high school, as a true example of what it meant to do things for the glory of God.” Pope Francis’ life and values resonated with ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — So many mourners lined up to see Pope Francis lying in state in a simple wooden coffin inside St. Peter’s Basilica that the Vatican kept the doors open all night due to ...

Francis’ coffin had been laid at the Altar of the Confessio, a sacred space in front of the main tomb of St. Peter, whom Catholics believe to be the first pope, after being transferred in ...

A general view as the body of Pope Francis is transferred to the Basilica at St Peter’s Square on April 23, 2025 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) Then ...