Even the youngest Catholics couldn't contain their excitement about the selection of a new Pope. "I hugged people and almost cried happy tears," one student at Ursuline Academy said. They weren't ...

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Well, the Cubs posted a bit too soon before Pope Leo 's White Sox fandom became public, sharing on X (Twitter) a photo of the ...

The Campus Ministries office at the University of St. Thomas in Midtown doubled as a Conclave watch party on Wednesday as they watched the selection of the new pope.

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

There’s a deep sweetness to how the Catholics choose their leader, inviting the world.

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In the Peruvian coastal city of Chiclayo, some 5,000 kilometers (3,000 miles) from new Pope Leo XIV's hometown of Chicago, ...

Rumors began to circulate in June 1979 that Pope John Paul II might travel to Chicago, which was then home to 2.4 million ...

The crowd in St. Peter’s Square erupted in cheers as the white smoke billowed into the air. It meant the winner secured at ...

With clouds of white smoke emanating from the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel and to the loud cheers of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s Square, the 133-member conclave elected a new pope on Thursday ...