VATICAN CITY (AP) — A popular saying in Vatican circles is that if you “enter a conclave as pope, you leave as a cardinal.” It implies the sacred and secretive process is no popularity contest or ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Francis Cardinal George is planning to travel to Rome in November to meet with Pope Francis after his new experimental cancer treatment forced him to cancel a planned trip next month.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago's Cardinal Blase Cupich has been given a major new role in the Catholic Church. The Vatican announced Friday that Cardinal Cupich will be responsible for the planning of an ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — After two days of conclave and only four votes, the cardinals selected Cardinal Robert Prevost as the Catholic church's next pope. He took the name Pope Leo XIV. After weeks of ...

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost of the United States has been elected the 267th pope. On Thursday, he stepped onto the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as the new leader of the world's 1.4 billion ...

In a wide-ranging interview with an Italian paper, Card. Camillo Ruini offered a forthright assessment of the Francis pontificate and flatly called Benedict XVI’s decision to resign “a mistake.” ...