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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

CIUDAD DEL VATICANO (CNS) -- Como se esperaba, los 133 cardenales que entraron en la Capilla Sixtina el 7 de mayo no lograron elegir al próximo Papa en su primera votación. Tras celebrar la ...

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 ...