When the white smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican last week signaling a new pope was elected, Peters ...

When little Bobby Prevost from Dalton, Illinois was six years old, the lady next door said to his parents, “That kid is going ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first North American pontiff, has said his election was both a cross and a blessing as he celebrated his ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first U.S.-born pope in the ...

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

Watching the events surrounding the selection of the new Pope reminded me of two important sociological concepts: the sacred and the profane. The sacred is set aside, forbidden, and eternal, while the ...

All eyes were on the smoke billowing from the Sistine Chapel on May 8 as 133 cardinals voted to select the successor to Pope ...

A view of the Sistine Chapel where cardinals gather to elect the new pope, at the Vatican, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP) A view of the Sistine Chapel where cardinals gather to elect ...

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff to take up the highest seat in the Catholic Church, returned to the Sistine Chapel on Friday to deliver his first mass in an address to the more than 1.4 ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Mass on Friday, a day after his historic election as the first North American pope in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history while congratulations poured in from ...

Discover the meaning and significance of smoke in the Papal Conclave, a historic tradition signaling the election of a new ...

"We were teasing him when he was six years old: 'you're going to be the Pope'" says the brother of Pope Leo XIV, the first ...