VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...

The odds-makers likely had an easier time 20 years ago, when Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, long a loyal servant of Pope John Paul II and dean of the college of cardinals, stepped onto the balcony ...

I still cannot quite believe that there is an American pope. Two hundred and sixty-seven men have served as the bishop of Rome over the last two thousand years. There have been Medici popes and Borgia ...

The next owner of the Chicago White Sox baseball team said Pope Leo XIV told him that he'd “love to“ throw a season opening ...

Pope Leo XIV begins a six-day visit to Turkey and Lebanon on Thursday, his first foreign trip since his election and one on which he’s expected to emphasize key themes of his fledgling pontificate – ...

Ralph Fiennes is eager to know what Pope Leo XIV thought of the movie Conclave after he experienced the historical moment in real life. “My thoughts are questions. Did he enjoy it? Did he just shrug ...

Appeals court disqualifies Trump's N.J. prosecutor pick Alina Habba, rejecting DOJ challenge Republicans demand probe into ...

The Pope loves Aurelio’s pizza and Portillo’s chocolate cake from restaurants in the Windy City. Order a pepperoni pie (the ...