Ever since Pope John XXIII was elected in 1958, the successors of St. Peter have established a pattern: pope as disruptor, ...

VATICAN CITY, — Pope Leo XIV's election as the first U.S.-born leader of the Catholic Church elevated him to the extremely ...

NEW LENOX, Ill. — When white smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel revealing that a new pope had been chosen, John Prevost turned on his television in Illinois, called his niece and they ...