Firefighters at the Vatican installed a chimney on top of the Sistine Chapel to be used during the conclave that begins May 7, an AFP reporter witnessed Friday. The 133 cardinals who are under 80 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Black smoke poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney on Wednesday, signalling that no pope had been elected as 133 cardinals opened the secretive, centuries-old ritual to ...

Catholic Bishop Robert Barron shared his thoughts on Pope Leo XIV's election and what it means for the Church's future.

Sometimes we are lucky enough to know someone whose actions and spirit inspire insight. Our church family is fortunate to ...

HACKENSACK, N.J. —The European News Exchange (ENEX) added an ad hoc channel to LiveU’s Matrix cloud-native IP video ...

Pope Leo XIV, the Chicago-bred pontiff, was seen sporting a Chicago White Sox hat on Wednesday as he greeted people at the Vatican. Among those he met were a bride and groom who also appeared to be ...

When white smoke billowed out from the stovepipe chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, most people were watching from their screens, but Bishop Robert Barron of the Winona-Rochester Diocese had a front row ...

Vevette Hill-Nwagbaraocha attends All Saints Catholic Church, also on the north side. She, too, is hopeful and excited about Pope Leo, regardless of how he identifies. But his lineage, she said, ...

The Vatican wanted a complete makeover of the vatican.va website. The catch was it had to be ready to launch with the ...

As the Chicago White Sox honor Pope Leo XIV with an outdoor Mass on Saturday, his 2005 World Series seat has become a ...

The likelihood of a future pope appearing on a nationally broadcast World Series game from two decades earlier seems a tad surreal. By now, however, much of the world has seen the foo ...