An exhibition shows the beauty and disparity of maps in a time of rapid discovery, when the shape of the known world was ever ...

On Thursday, Cardinal Robert Prevost became the first American pope, choosing the name Leo XIV. It will take time to get used ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

Chicago-born Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, has been elected as pontiff. Here's what's anticipated from his papacy when it ...

Elected Thursday as the Catholic Church's first global leader to hail from the United States, Pope Leo XIV is in a new job ...

"Everyone seems to be invested in the outcome of this conclave and almost every tongue has a view about the next Pope."Pope Francis elicited so much passion during his papacy and even more so after ...

Edmonds Heights K-12’s musical theatre program advanced actors present “Hadestown – Teen Edition” May 9-18, Edmonds Heights K ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...

Popular depictions of Jesus' tomb often show a small, single-chamber burial site—but historical evidence suggests something very different. Scholars argue that first-century rock-cut tombs were ...

The first day of the conclave ended without a decision on the next pope. Here's what's next for the cardinal electors.

Carney is mid-transition into a minority Parliament and may be unable to attend the installation of the American-born Robert ...

In casting himself as supreme leader and pope, Donald Trump inadvertently invoked the Christian understanding of the ...