In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers from new Pope Leo XIV’s hometown of Chicago, Catholics took ...

Pope Leo XIV is preparing to celebrate his first Mass as the leader of the Catholic Church as congratulatory messages poured ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior cardinal deacon announced. The 69-year-old Chicago native is the first ...

Thousands of people have gathered in Vatican Square to witness the first appearance of the newly elected pope. White smoke was released from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel on Thursday evening, ...

Of all the ceremonies associated with electing a new pope, the one most familiar to the general public is the smoke that emanates from a stovepipe chi ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, said in a post to X on Wednesday that he and the other North American cardinals will bring the "in ...

Newly chosen Pope Leo XIV will celebrate mass at the Sistine Chapel on Friday, along with the cardinals who elected him. Follow for live news updates.

Becoming pope was a big deal for a cardinal and his family. Leading candidates known as papabili (pope-ables) began ...

Church bells rang throughout the Vatican in Rome as a new Pope was appointed to lead the Catholic Church. Video shows bells tolling in the city after American Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, was elected ...

On Thursday, May 8, 133 cardinals from around the world elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as Pope Leo XIV at the Sistine Chapel during the Conclave, making him the first US-born Pope in the ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...

Robert Prevost becomes Pope Leo XIV, the first American to lead the Catholic Church. Boise Catholics share their excitement and hopes for the new pontiff's leadership.