The new pope's leadership will set the tone for the Church's future, whether continuing Francis's progressive reforms or ...

The conclave to choose the new pope is underway. And among the cardinals choosing the new Catholic leader is an Ohio native.

The elevation of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost to pope earlier this month has been a point of pride for Chicagoland ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally or ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass as pontiff in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, delivering a passionate speech that ...

Church bells rang throughout the Vatican in Rome as a new Pope was appointed to lead the Catholic Church. Video shows bells ...

One hundred and thirty-three cardinals are sequestering themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a ...

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

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost was announced as the next pope, becoming the first American leader of the Catholic Church, ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV lived in St. Louis, Missouri, in the 1970s while studying to become a priest. He was in a parish ...

A successor to Pope Francis had been elected. But there will be a short wait before his identity becomes clear.

All eyes are on Vatican City Tuesday with just over a day to go until the start of the papal conclave to elect the 267th pope ...