ON May 8, the second day of the 2025 conclave to elect a new pope after Pope Francis died at 88 on April 21, 133 cardinal electors chose Cardinal Robert Prevost, OSA, of Chicago, as the 267th supreme ...

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The 69-year-old Augustinian missionary, elected in a 24-hour conclave last week, called for journalists to use words for ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark — politically, personally or ...

Donald Trump took to social media to brag about a historical event insisting he was partially responsible for it. Donald ...

The Papal conclave has elected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the new leader of the Catholic Church. Here’s what we know ...

The contrast between President Donald Trump and Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV couldn’t be more stark, politically, personally or ...

Some conservatives and traditionalist Catholics are cautiously optimistic over the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, hopeful ...

Cardinal Robert Barron, bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester in Minnesota who traveled to Rome for the papal conclave, ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

White smoke from the Sistine Chapel on Thursday signaled that the cardinals have selected the next leader of the Catholic Church.