Cardinal Robert Prevost, the first U.S. pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church, previously led a Catholic ...

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 ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Leo XIV is the first true missionary to lead the Catholic Church since Christ chose St. Peter.

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

As the world reacted to Thursday’s historic news that an American, Robert Prevost, would lead the Roman Catholic Church as ...

Last week was quite special for the estimated 1.2 billion Catholics around the world when white smoke billowed across St.

The United States is home to 10 of the 133 cardinals eligible to vote for the next pope. That's more than any other nation ...

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 ...

The announcement: Minutes later, Cardinal Protodeacon Dominique Mamberti stepped onto a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and ...

The election of Chicago-born Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, as the new pontiff has delighted Catholics and ...

The announcement: After a new pope is chosen, a senior cardinal steps onto a balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica and proclaims ...

Catholic Chicagoans gathered in churches, cheered from classrooms and celebrated from their homes as the historic decision ...