“Long live the Pope! Long live the Pope!” chanted sixth graders from Everest Academy, a Catholic school in Lemont, Ill., in front of Holy Name Cathedral, the seat of the Archdiocese of ...

When she got a text saying Prevost had been elected pope, she couldn't believe it. Prevost, 69, was elected Thursday to be the pontiff to succeed Pope Francis, choosing the name Pope Leo XIV and ...