"Francis was my pope for less than two days," said a new Catholic visiting from the U.S. "I wish he'd stayed longer, because ...

Augustinian Cardinal Robert Prevost was the least American among the American cardinals, having spent most of his ministry in ...

The new pontiff is former Cardinal Robert Prevost, 69, a Chicago-born Augustinian friar who previously headed the influential ...

The challenges for the Catholic Church in Chicago, where Robert Prevost grew up, are a microcosm of the gargantuan challenges ...

The world will learn the name of the new pope when he appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica in about an hour.

A new pope been elected the 267th bishop of Rome and leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics. The new pope takes over a ...

"You have to trust the process … you don't want them to rush it," said Elizabeth Whelan of Newfoundland, Canada.

On May 7, in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the conclave for the election of the new pope — the Catholic Church's most secret ...

Francis died April 21 at age 88. He was elected March 13, 2013, after five votes in a two-day conclave. His predecessor, Pope ...

Everything outside the Sistine Chapel is, now, pure conjecture and everything inside is up to the cardinals and the Holy ...

The display acts as a tribute and also a signal that the Catholic Church, and the culture and businesses that surround it, ...