Cardinals from around the world chose Robert Francis Prevost to lead the Catholic Church’s 1.4 billion followers, making him ...

American Cardinal Robert Prevost was shortly thereafter announced as the 267th pontiff. He chose the name Leo XIV, a senior ...

A Lenexa veteran reflected Thursday on what it was like to be able to send word home to his family in the most memorable way ...

Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert ...

Catholic cardinals are returning to the Sistine Chapel for a second day of voting to try and elect a new pope. VATICAN CITY ...

Across the nation’s capital, Catholics joyously welcomed the news of the church’s first U.S.-born pope. “I never thought in ...