The Chicago native is also a Peruvian citizen and lived for years in Peru, first as a missionary and then as an archbishop.

Although any baptized Catholic man is technically eligible to be the pope, none of the previous 266 popes in history had been from America.

Prevost, 69, took the name Leo XIV. The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope" — from the balcony of St. Peter’s ...

Cardinal Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops.

WWL-TV launches a new spinoff from the beloved "Soundtrack to Carnival" series, offering an inside look at the heart and hustle of local high school band programs.

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John Paul I — the pope who reigned for 33 days in 1978 — was elected on the fourth ballot. His successor, John Paul II, ...

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The president has complained the U.S. doesn't spend enough time celebrating its military victories like the rest of the world ...

The suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday against the Motown music luminary seeks at least $50 million in ...

The judge wrote in her ruling that the conditions placed by the Trump administration were unrelated to the grants themselves ...

The judge granted a request by lawyers Wednesday for extra time to decide who they will eliminate from the list of ...