ON May 8, the second day of the 2025 conclave to elect a new pope after Pope Francis died at 88 on April 21, 133 cardinal electors chose Cardinal Robert Prevost, OSA, of Chicago, as the 267th supreme ...

The Chicago-born pope had a one-word response when asked if he had anything to say to the people of the United States, which some took to be an opening shot against President Trump.

Long Islanders were among those who packed St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City when Pope Leo was elected the first American ...