Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops under Pope Francis, was elected the 267th ...

President Donald Trump on May 8 congratulated Cardinal Robert F. Prevost, the Chicago-born prefect of the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops under the late Pope Francis, who was ...

Black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at 11:51 am Rome time on Thursday, signaling that the cardinals ...

Cardinal Robert F. Prevost has selected the name Pope Leo XIV, an apparent nod to Pope Leo XIII, who deserves to be called the founding father of Catholic social doctrine in modern times ...

White smoke has emerged from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signaling the election of a new Pope. The identity of the new pontiff will be revealed when he steps onto the balcony of St. Peter' ...

Anticipation and excitement were in the air in St. Peter's Square and the surrounding environs as thousands of faithful and curiosity seekers alike gazed for hours at a smal ...

It is not just people who flock to St. Peter's Square to watch the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel; some furry, faithful companions have also been waiting it out. After the 133 ...

Since Easter Monday when, in the glow of Easter hope, Pope Francis passed from this life, commentators, columnists, scholars, ...

As the College of Cardinals gathers in Rome for the conclave that will elect our next pope, the rest of us may feel like we ...

The treatment of the undocumented -- calling them vermin, terrorists, criminals -- is hardening us. A government-distributed ...

As expected, the 133 cardinals who entered the Sistine Chapel May 7 failed to elect the next pope on their first ballot. After celebrating Mass for the election of a pope, proce ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 cardinals entered the Sistine Chapel with a singular go ...