It is the quickest papal election in a century, beating the conclave of 2005, when Joseph Ratzinger claimed the title in less ...

White smoke was pouring out of the Sistine Chapel chimney at the Vatican, signalling that a pope has been elected to lead the ...

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Vatican City — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office ...

Students, faculty, and staff came together at Parkersburg Catholic High School on May 8 to see the historic moment of the ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of ...

Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful ...

The chosen name often honours a saint, a previous pope, or a particular legacy the new pontiff wishes to emulate ...

US Catholics flocked to churches across the country in a celebratory mood to mark the “excitement” of the first-ever American ...

Nowhere in the world is the Roman Catholic Church growing faster than in Africa ... it was seen as a sign of his enduring commitment to Roman Catholics across Africa. When he visited African ...

In a groundbreaking moment for the Catholic Church, Robert Prevost, a 69-year-old American missionary and bishop, has been ...