A Soviet-era spacecraft plunged to Earth on Saturday, more than a half-century after its failed launch to Venus.

Many sites associated with past popes have become museums or holy destinations for the faithful. But Pope Leo XIV’s childhood ...

Bishops often imposed such restrictions — with varying levels of enforcement and typically without warning the public — until ...

Erick Fedde knows the pain the White Sox’s now most famous fan must have gone through — maybe needing to ask for divine ...

Discover the surprising Black and Creole roots of Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope, and how his heritage is impacting ...

The world has a new pope, and for the first time ever, he is from the United States. While the relationship between the new head of the Vatican and his home country remain in its early days, Pope Leo ...

With this one simple Latin word – literally, I accept — Robert Francis Cardinal Prevost, Chicago native, a priest of the religious order known as the Augustinians, missionary to Peru, Cardinal of the ...

After celebrating his first Mass as pope, Leo XIV is slated to have a full schedule in the coming days. His next engagement is expected to be a May 10 meeting with cardinals. He'll then have midday ...

The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of ...

Chicago-born Robert Francis Prevost, Pope Leo XIV — has been elected, a mere 249 years after the founding of the nation.

The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call.

Bettors spent more than $40 million gambling on the outcome of the most recent papal conclave, on prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket.