One day after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the U.S., seven American cardinals sat down with reporters on Friday to discuss the Chicago native who now leads the Roman Catholic ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has named Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory as one of 13 new cardinals. Gregory will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat. In a surprise ...

The Archdiocese of Washington had its largest ordination class since 1960, when 17 men were ordained the year that John F. Kennedy was elected as the nation’s first Catholic president. Cardinal Wilton ...

On most days, the Sistine Chapel is one of the world’s busiest tourist destinations, but this week it served as the world’s most secretive polling station as 133 cardinals voted for the 267th pope. On ...

WASHINGTON — Pope Francis has named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who will become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red cap. In a surprise ...

The Most Rev. Wilton D. Gregory appears at a news conference at Washington Archdiocesan Pastoral Center in Hyattsville, Md., on April 4, 2019, after being appointed as archbishop of Washington. Jose ...

(NewsNation) — Two American cardinals pushed back on the idea that the conclave selected Cardinal Robert Prevost — now Pope Leo XIV — as a counterweight to President Donald Trump. Cardinals Timothy ...

VATICAN CITY -- The temporary chimney atop the Sistine Chapel released a plume of white smoke on Thursday evening local time, signaling that the 133 cardinals working inside had reached a two-thirds ...