Catholics around the world were skeptical at first about an American pope. But Pope Leo XIV’s multicultural and multilingual ...

The surprising election of the first American pope felt fraught and disorienting to Roman Catholics around the world, who had ...

Pope Leo XIV has begun leading his first mass as leader of the Roman Catholic Church at the Sistine Chapel. Chicago-born ...

Chicago is a city of deep rivalries – the South Side and North Side, the Cubs and the White Sox, Democrats and Republicans.

Cardinals entered St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday for a final Mass before the conclave to elect the successor to Pope Francis after his death last month. The Mass comes before the private ...

More than 130 cardinals, from 70 countries, will enter the Sistene Chapel this afternoon ahead of a first vote to elect a ...

Bishop Joseph Bambera presided over the mass at St. Peter's Cathedral along Wyoming Avenue. The faithful prayed for the Holy Spirit to inspire and strengthen the Cardinal-electors as they choose ...

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd on the main central loggia balcony of the St Peter’s Basilica for the first time, after the cardinals ended the conclave ...

A final Mass, then ‘All out’ The cardinals began the day by participating in a final pre-conclave Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. The dean of the College of Cardinals, Giovanni Battista Re ...

The body of Pope Francis was transferred on Wednesday to St. Peter’s Basilica, where it will lie in state for public viewing until his funeral on Saturday. Thousands of mourners lined up outside for a ...

The name of the new head of the Catholic Church will be officially announced soon from the central balcony of St. Peter's Cathedral. At that time, his papal name will also be known. The conclave began ...