Black smoke again billowed out of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday, the second day of the conclave, indicating that no new pontiff has been chosen after the second or third ballots.

The Chicago-born pontiff is the first American to lead the Catholic Church, and while his positions on some of the church’s hot-button issues remain unclear, he has signaled continuity with his ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost joins the conclave Wednesday to pick Pope Francis' successor. His rise in the faith began at a South ...

It continued last year with the delayed rollout of a new federal financial-aid form. Many expected 2025 to mark a return to ...

Lisa and Rich Solava and Denise Utter were friends with Robert Prevost long before he became pope — and have the selfies to ...

In the eyes of this generation that follows me, I saw the link to all the generations that came before us and in whose footsteps we are blessed to follow.

Pope Leo XIV has been captured holding a baby and waving to gargantuan crowds as world leaders gather for his inauguration.

The crowd cheered "Viva il Papa" and waved plenty of Peruvian, American and Holy See flags — representing Leo's nationalities ...

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Osiris J. "Ozzy" Molina of the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra will play a world-premiere composition at Carnegie Hall.

Jack Kirby was a comic book superhero. As an artist and writer, he was the essential creator or co-creator behind entire ...

Ozzy Molina, a University of Alabama music professor ... "If you make it like 'Holy crap!,' I'm never gonna walk out on that stage. So you prepare like every other gig, and you try and do the ...