As the smoke at the Vatican turned white, cheers erupted at Ursuline Academy. Even the youngest Catholics couldn't contain their excitement about the selection of a new Pope. "I hugged people and ...

As Alyssa Curtis reports, the excitement spreads from catholic school students, all the way to the Archbishop of New Orleans.

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Robert Prevost of the U.S. is the new Catholic pontiff, taking the name Pope Leo XIV. The Chicago-born cardinal ministered in Peru and was a member of the Augustinian order.

"We are confident that he will be a voice for the voiceless and a fierce supporter of human dignity for all people." ...

Catholic groups are welcoming Pope Leo XIV -- the first U.S.-born pontiff -- who was elected May 8, the second day of the ...

In their entire history, the Chicago Bears have NEVER, NOT ONCE had a 4,000-yard passer. Erik Kramer (3,838 yards in 1995) ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Leo XIV. He is the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church.

Pope Leo XIV was formerly Cardinal Robert Prevost of Chicago, where he was born before he was a minister in Peru. And while that has led to so many sports jokes and talk about bets that weren't made ...

Vatican firefighters have installed the iconic chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, a key step ahead of the May 7 conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor. Black smoke = no pope yet; white smoke = a new ...