“The pope is not your friend. He is not going to sit down and have a beer with you,” he says. “If you think the pope is your ...

As the world reacted to Thursday’s historic news that an American, Robert Prevost, would lead the Roman ... prayer during Mass led by Bishop Gregory Parks in the Chapel at St. Petersburg ...

Yet the cardinals in the Sistine Chapel chose Robert Francis Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, as the 267th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He has adopted the papal name Leo XIV. He’s the ...

At 3 p.m., black smoke rose above the Sistine Chapel in Rome, signaling that the first vote did not produce a new pope.

Latest news and live updates as the election process for the next pope continues. The cardinals met for their first conclave ...

In the days before the funeral, Francis’ body lay amid the splendor of St. Peter’s Basilica in a plain cypress coffin, an emblem of his simple, pastoral vision of the Catholic Church.

In the eulogy for my mother, I hoped to convey just how effortlessly she managed to express her support, her faith, her joy and her enduring and nurturing love.

Bishop David Toups gathered with other members of the Diocese of Beaumont in their conference room, bowls of popcorn set out before them and pizza on the way, eyes glued to a large screen broadcasting ...

The seagulls perched on the Sistine Chapel rooftop undoubtedly saw the white smoke first. But it didn't take long for the ...

Bishop John Keehner, the newly ordained bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City and an Ohio native, is focusing on learning about ...