CHICAGO - The old parish church buildings on Chicago's far South Side where Pope Leo XIV grew up, attended grammar school and ...

A papal viewing party gathered auxiliary bishops, staff, and members of the community, all eager to witness this historic moment, with many expressing pride in the election of the first American pope.

Oklahoma City police officers are investigating a reported shooting in northeast Oklahoma City Thursday night.

Robert Prevost may have made history Thursday by becoming the first pope from the United States. But in Peru, he is known as ...

As white smoke rose over the Vatican, a wave of emotion sweeps through Tallahassee. Catholics gathered at Saint Thomas More Church to witness history: the election of the first Pope from the U.S.

Elected Thursday as the Catholic Church's first global leader to hail from the United States, Pope Leo XIV is in a new job ...

After the white smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel’s chimney on Thursday, all across the world, learning the Catholic Church ...

Pope selection making history, the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics is an American, breaking a long taboo ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision was announced that a native son, Cardinal Robert Prevost, had been elected ...

Hints as to what postures Pope Leo XIV, formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost, might take on some of the most controversial issues ...

The first American pope succeeds Francis, preaching peace while confronting Church divides and urgent global crises.

New pope, Robert Francis Prevost, has promised to build bridges and encourage dialogue in the Catholic Church as the world ...