NEW ORLEANS — The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the archives and discovered the pope had deep roots in the Big ...

Charleston's first Black Catholic church was awarded thousands in a grant that will fund renovations to the building.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the ...

Robert Prevost, an missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and took over the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first pope from the United States in the 2,000-year ...

Two lawsuits tell the story of a dispute over the property rights of a historic Oklahoma City church, in a battle that ...

CONCLAVES FOURTH OVERALL VOTE, SELECTING THE FIRST AMERICAN BORN POPE. 69 YEAR OLD CARDINAL ROBERT PREVOST TOOK THE NAME OF POPE LEO THE 14TH. THE CHICAGO NATIVE SPENT MANY YEARS WORKING IN PERU, ...

For the first time in history, an American sits on the Throne of St. Peter. Pope Leo XIV – born in Dolton, Illinois, and formed at Villanova University – now leads the global Church. At the same ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - When white smoke billowed out of the Sistine Chapel chimney Thursday, a first in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic church began to unfold ... an American pope. The ...

VATICAN CITY — Francis’s 69-year-old successor is the first U.S.-born pope in the 2,000-year history of the Roman Catholic Church, which has grown to 1.4 billion strong. There was cheer in St. Peter’s ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — — Catholic cardinals broke with tradition Thursday and elected the first U.S. pope, making Chicago-born missionary Robert Prevost the 267th pontiff to lead the Catholic Church in a ...

Ben Black Bear Jr., at far left, with (back row) his wife Arlene, mother Iva and father Ben Black Bear Sr., and daughters (front row) Benita and Berlene, on his ordination day in 1976. Credit: St.