People who were near the campus of Catholic University in Northeast D.C. got the news that a new pope had been elected when the bells of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate ...

From the nation's capital to Vatican City people around the world are cheering for 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis ...

Catholics across the United States are celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV, Chicago-born Augustinian missionary Robert Prevost, as the first American pontiff in history. The excitement is ...

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During Francis’ pontificate, the Catholic Church in the United States was torn between reform-minded factions and a staunchly ...

The nation’s capital is celebrating a historic moment — the election of the first American pope. Cardinal Robert Prevost has been named Pope Leo XIV.

A cardinal appeared on the balcony in St Peter’s Square to announce that American Robert Prevost, who will be known as Pope ...

On May 8, the most senior figure in the Roman Catholic Church chose Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost to be the 267th pope just one day after the papal conclave commenced. Originally from Chicago, the ...

The National Shrine in the US Mary is honored at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception as the Patroness of the United States of America. In May of 1846, twenty-one ...

Pope Leo XIV will begin his first full day as the new pontiff of the Catholic Church by celebrating Mass on Friday at the ...

Around noon on Thursday, the bells at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Downtown Mobile rang at the announcement of the Pope. Church staff placed yellow bunting on the ...