Combine the secrecy of a papal conclave with the national rivalries of the Eurovision Song Contest and you have a sense of ...

The conclave of May 7–8 has yet to reveal all its secrets. But two weeks after the election of Leo XIV, our reporters in Rome ...

The modality for choosing a PopeTHE election of a Pope, known as the papal conclave, is one of the most solemn and secretive ...

The last three pontiffs each chose very different paths between Rome and home.

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican began the conclave process to elect the new pope. Some students studying at ...

Sure, Pope Leo XIV's beloved White Sox stand less of a chance to win the World Series in 2025 than the return of Jesus Christ ...

I would suspect that people are very proud that Chicago produced a pope, and it testifies to the fact that there’s a lot of ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A quiet alliance between North and South American cardinals helped elect the first US-born pope.

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary, was elected the first pope from the United States in the history of the Catholic ...

Odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger stepped onto the balcony overlooking St.