The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, a missionary who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the ...

A remarkable thing has been happening in the Catholic Church in the United States over the past few years: growth.

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born 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 ...

Named for King Louis IX of France, who was canonized in 1297, the cathedral has had a storied history, including a visit from ...

Cyprian Davis, O.S.B., in an undated photo. Credit: Wikimedia Commons. Born Clarence John Davis in Washington, D.C., in 1930, Davis was raised in a Congregational church but became Catholic as a ...

Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 moment ...

VATICAN CITY — 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 2,000-year history ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Robert Prevost, the Chicago-born 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 ...