A North East priest who was in the Vatican when Pope Leo was elected has spoken of the 'excitement' of the historic occasion.

NBC 5 Chicago political reporter Mary Ann Ahern joins Bob Sirott to talk about the pope’s visits with friends and family in Rome and how this conclave brings a different experience from past ...

Long Islanders were among those who packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when Pope Leo was elected the first American ...

Pope Leo XIV is four days into his service as pope and is calling for the release of imprisoned journalists around the world.

A meeting with the College of Cardinals, a visit to Pope Francis’ tomb and an address to the media: Gerry, Sebastian and Ashley unpack it all on the final episode of the Conclave Podcast.

While it is interesting and perhaps even a point of pride that the new Pope Leo XIV was born in the United States, most of ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Standing on loggia of St. Peter’s basilica, newly elected Pope Leo XIV smiled, waved and appeared to hold back emotion May 8 ...

Chicago residents were ecstatic about the first North American pope, Pope Leo XIV, who was elected to the papacy on Thursday.

An Omaha native now reports in the Holy See. She's been in Rome since 2016 and has had the opportunity to cover the recent ...

The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds majority to elect ...

The church can save some parishes if it allows nuns to do the ‘field hospital’ work Pope Francis talked of. The election of an American pope, Leo XIV, is a fitting culmination of a conclave that had ...