Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

A local priest said the selection of Pope Leo XIV was part of a tradition where a new Pope is always chosen who will deal ...

St. Joseph students witness history as Pope Leo XIV becomes the first American pontiff. When white smoke appeared over the Vatican, the staff at St. Joseph Catholic School in Fayetteville knew what it ...

The United States was often deemed too powerful — militarily, diplomatically, and even culturally — for one of its own to ...

As Leo prepares for his first mass as leader of the Catholic Church, his brothers have revealed a game of Wordle was one of ...

The new pontiff and Bernard Hebda, the archbishop of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, have exchanged letters but ...

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as pontiff. Here's what's anticipated from his papacy when it ...

A new pope has been elected, and for the first time, he's from the United States. Now, the metro's Catholic community is ...

The election came on the first full day of voting by the 133 cardinal electors, who secluded themselves behind the Vatican's ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, considered a surprise choice for leader of the Catholic Church, has spent most of his career as a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel on Thursday for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope.