Cardinal Robert Prevost, born in Chicago, is the first U.S.-born pope in the Church's history. Here's how readers reacted to ...

Experts say there isn’t a single front-runner, but several names have been cited as indications of the direction the Roman ...

The election of Leo, the Catholic Church's first American pope, is drawing a mixed response from groups often at odds with ...

Robert F. Prevost, 69, was a longshot selection with extensive missionary experience in Peru and an approach similar to Pope ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to elect the ...

Students at a Catholic elementary school in Dorchester not only witnessed the election of a new pope, but also got to learn<a ...

Pope Leo XIV has never been accused of abuse, but has been in positions of authority when accusations of sexual abuse have ...

Catholic cardinals will sequester themselves Wednesday behind the Vatican’s medieval walls for the start of a conclave to ...

As cardinals prepare to meet to select the next pope, many are wondering what stance his successor will take on social issues ...