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

Live updates and latest news as the first North American pope steps into his role as the new leader of the Catholic Church.

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a new pope has been elected to lead the Roman ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago will succeed Pope Francis as the leader of the Catholic Church. Prevost, the first ...

A new pope has been elected, and in a major surprise, an American has been chosen for the first time. Robert Francis Prevost ...

With no candidate securing the necessary two-thirds majority, or 89 votes, the world will need to wait longer for a new ...

In lavish halls, days before a conclave will select a new pope, power brokers came together for a mix of devotion, activism, ...

A group of Northeast Pennsylvania residents witnessed history. A group of 48 people from Luzerne and Lackawanna counties ...

Starting July 1, the Catholic churches that serve Rome and Lee Center will merge into a single parish. Church leaders said ...