While doing a community clean up, city counsillor Greg Noseworthy almost walked into a needle sticking out of a tree. He says ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been ...

Multiple rounds of voting likely will be required before a candidate emerges with the two-thirds majority required to become ...

Pope Gregory XV, elected in 1621, was the last pope to be elected by “spontaneous acclamation” when all the cardinals, ...

Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south side suburbs, where he grew up playing “pretend priest” and ...

There have been 13 previous popes named Leo, the last elected in 1878. Previous Leos have been reformers, a possible sign of ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first words as pope were a call for peace, echoing the legacy of his predecessors. Here's a look at their ...

Explore historical trivia behind the longest conclave and the shortest, the oldest pope and the youngest and a handful of ...

The first thing the new pope will do is choose a name. In the history of the papacy, the most commonly used name has been John, first chosen in 523 by Saint John I, the Vatican says. The last pope to ...

As Catholics around the world wait for a new pope to be voted in, they also are also waiting to see what name the new pontiff ...

The smoke is a way to let the public know a new pope has been selected. When a cardinal receives the necessary two-thirds vote and the cardinal has accepted the position, the ballots of the final ...