Catholic cardinals gathered at the Vatican this week to elect the successor to Pope Francis, who died on April 21.

After white smoke billowed Thursday from the Sistine Chapel, signaling that a pope had been chosen, students in every classroom at The Frances Xavier Warde School in Chicago had their eyes glued to TV ...

A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV’s ...

The conclave to elect a new pope is well-known as the most secretive event in the Roman Catholic church. However, a British ...

Cardinals began describing the days and hours leading up to the final ballot that brought Leo past the two-thirds majority needed.

Peace be with you,' Pope Leo XIV said in greeting the thousands of people who packed St. Peter's Square, a plaza brimming ...