The pre-conclave favorite, Italy’s Pietro Parolin had a good number of preferences in the first two votes, but his support ...

News that the global Catholic church would get its first-ever U.S.-born pope was welcomed by Catholics across the ideological ...

Excitement rippled through New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Sunday morning, the first since an American was picked to lead the Roman Catholic Church in a selection that surprised and ...

"Where he comes from is sort of now a thing of the past," said New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who had been President Donald Trump's pick for pope. "Robert Francis Prevost is no longer around.