On May 8, the world met its new pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost, an American missionary and Vatican official, took the name Leo ...

Bishop John E. Keehner of Sioux City, Iowa, released a statement in English and Spanish moments after Chicago-born Cardinal ...

Peace be with you all!’ Beloved brothers and sisters, this is the first greeting of the Risen Christ, the Good Shepherd who ...

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Groups of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics processed down the national shrine's main aisle, led by pilgrims carrying arches ...

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Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has selected the name Pope Leo XIV, an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who deserves to be called ...

Thick plumes of black smoke appeared from a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 a.m. to indicate no winners emerged ...

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As Catholics came together at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles to pray for the cardinal ...

When white smoke came pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney and the bells of St. Peter's Basilica started pealing, people went running or quickly walking to St. Peter's Square.

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th pope May 8 and took the name Pope Leo XIV.