While cardinals this week said they expected a short conclave, it will likely take at least a few rounds of voting.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born ...

Born in Chicago in 1955, Prevost carved out a career in the church soon after leaving school. He studied mathematics at Villanova before going on to join the Order of St Augustine and being ordained ...

The St. Joan of Arc School used the conclave process to teach young Catholic students more about their faith. The students ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a US-born missionary and senior Vatican official, was elected pope on Thursday evening, becoming the ...